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The 5 key benefits of working to become a high performance organization

The 5 key benefits of working to become a high performance organization

Tuesday, 16 July 2024

In the dynamic and highly competitive business landscape of today, achieving the status of a High Performance Organization (HPO) is not just an aspiration but a necessity for sustained success. The journey towards becoming an HPO is transformative, yielding numerous benefits that significantly enhance an organization’s overall performance and market position. Organizations that embrace the […]

The Evidence: - Performance Effects of the HPO Framework

The Evidence: Performance Effects of the HPO Framework

Thursday, 11 July 2024

Since the introduction of the HPO framework in 2007, many organizations have undergone an HPO transformation. Often, an HPO diagnosis marked the beginning of the journey towards high performance. This allowed us to closely study the application and performance effects of the HPO framework in various organizations worldwide. Many of our findings have been published […]

Elevate quality standards and achieve sustainable improvements within your healthcare organization

Elevate quality standards and achieve sustainable improvements within your healthcare organization

Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Your healthcare organization undoubtedly faces one or more of these major challenges: Or does your organization have one or more of the following ambitions: Unlock potential with the High-Performance Healthcare Organizations (HPHO) framework You are confident that your healthcare institution has the potential to successfully tackle these challenges and achieve your ambitions. However, you might […]

A High Performance Organization - What is it

A High Performance Organization… What is it?

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

Enjoy going to work! An HPO book for managers, team leaders and…employees! This booklet has been written with you in mind. The 35 HPO characteristics are all outlined in this booklet. Reading through this booklet you will soon realize that improving is not necessarily more time consuming, but that it is just about doing your work differently. […]

What Makes A High Performance Organization

Monday, 22 May 2017

A small gift for you as a new HPO-fan: Download chapter 1 and 2 of What Makes a High Performance Organization for free (PDF) Or by as Kindle or Paperback at Amazon! “Finally, a book that goes beyond “promises” but gives greater clarity about the essential contributing factors of high performance organizations. This pioneering work of […]

Short animation about the HPO Diagnosis

HPO Diagnosis in 2 minutes (animation)

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

  As a manager you do recognize this? No matter how much improvement initiatives you start, it never leads to serious long-term results. Besides, the widely discussed reorganisation leads more often to restlessness and agitation than to actual improvement. Despite the fact that nothing seems to be working, you know that something has to happen […]

Definition-of-a-High-Performance-Organization

Definition of a High Performance Organization

Friday, 6 September 2013

During the Book event ‘What Makes A High Performance Organization’ Dr. André de Waal MBA, Academic Director of the HPO Center, gave his definition of a High Performance Organization. Definition of a High Performance Organization (HPO) by Dr. André de Waal MBA: “A High Performance Organization is an organization that achieves financial and non-financial results that […]

Football Team Shows Excellent Leadership Of High Performance Organizations (HPO)

Monday, 26 August 2013

5 year research by http://www.hpocenter.com (HPO Center) on High Performance Organizations (HPO) in 1.470 organizations in 50 countries show 5 success factors to improve the performance. These kids in this video play football / soccer and show how it’s done! This High Performance Team first shows bad leadership, no communication and innovation, no inspiration and […]

HPO Bookevent Video

Monday, 26 August 2013

During the HPO Centers and Maastricht School of Management book event: ‘What Makes A High Performance Organization’ many clients shared their HPO experiences. The video of the book event contains contributions of HP Defence, Grohe, Deutsche Post DHL, Tata Steel, ABN AMRO Bank, Toshiba Medical Systems Europe, SNT and Dr. André de Waal and Esther […]