A little help -- Please

[Harrison Owen]

My Inbox is a rich source of adventure. This little note from a CEO for
example: "XXX Inc. has a highly skilled team of ~100 people doing great work
and we are also attempting to manage a company that differentiates ourselves
by maintaining a unique company culture.  We want to define, defend, and
enable these values to be who we are, what we do, and how we behave as a
collective organization.  Building trust and allowing diversity, debate, and
protest to flourish in an organization of high achievers is a difficult
thing.  I'm searching for ways to provide openness, healthy dialog, and a
supportive atmosphere for these stellar people to deliver all they are
capable of (collectively) to improve the lives of thousands of people living
with cancer.  
Basically I'm looking for techniques, methods, tools, and or simple ways to
create an open environment of trust within a growing organization.  
My Dilemma: How to create a communication environment that's open, listens,
hears, understands, and is responsive?  I am looking for practical
executable methods to model these value behaviors within a for profit
business enterprise.  I want to work for a cause and I want those that join
the company to be equally as committed to a similar standard.  As companies
grow and become successful it can be easy to become complacent or to
compromise on these values.  I'm looking for ways to help prevent
organizational entropy, human dysfunctional politics, divisiveness,
unhealthy behaviors, and the like within the work environment at all levels
of the company.  This value system requires a lot from management team and
the organization, as well as asking a lot from our employees.  But I believe
that building on such a foundation and supporting our human capital in such
a way we will ensure our success as a transformational company."

We are going to have lunch and chat. I have some thoughts - and will surely
benefit from your reflections. Share?

Harrison


Harrison Owen
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