Leaders Manage Climate: Creating Strategic Speed in Everyday Operations Through an Engaged, Motivated Workforce

By: Henry M. Frechette and Jocelyn R. Davis and Edwin H. Boswell

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Synopsis: If there's such a thing as a magic wand to create strategic speed in everyday execution, managing workplace climate is it. Defined as what it feels like to work in a particular organization, climate is something leaders have tremendous control over. And while other leadership practices, such as affirming strategies and driving initiatives, help increase strategic speed when you're dealing with a major initiative or large project, managing climate does double duty-it increases the speed not only of strategic initiatives but also of your organization's everyday work. In this chapter, the authors, all of whom are executives at The Forum, a global consulting firm, use compelling examples from satellite television provider Tata Sky, global real estate giant Archstone, and medical device supplier Abbott Vascular China to illustrate how the six dimensions of climate-clarity, standards, commitment, responsibility, recognition, and teamwork-interact to powerful effect on an organization's ability to execute, and execute fast. The chapter concludes with a brief self-assessment to help you size up your personal effectiveness at managing workplace climate. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 5 of "Strategic Speed: Mobilize People, Accelerate Execution."