Building a Great Organisation

To build a great organisation, you need great leaders and effective people who execute the organisation's mission with excellence.

• Great leaders who inspire trust are essential. Without them, there is no vision of where to go; Nor strategy nor systems for getting there. But great leaders are not enough.


• Effective individuals are essential. Without effective people, the organisation is destined for mediocrity or worse. But effective individuals are not enough.


• Without a shared process for focusing on and executing the organisation's mission, the most inspired and capable people fall short of greatness. But with such a process, great people can build something important and enduring.

In summary...

Great Leaders are leaders who:

1. Inspires TRUST


2. Clarify PURPOSE


3. Align SYSTEMS


4. Unleash TALENT

Effective Individuals are indivuduals who:

1. Are FOCUSED and DISCIPLINED


2. Are TRUSTWORTHY


3. Possess good BUSINESS JUDGEMENT


4. Are PROACTIVE in ATTITUDE and ACTIONS


5. WORKS well with OTHERS


6. Are GOOD LISTENERS and COMMUNICATORS

Institutionalised Focus and Execution: Organisational processes and disciplines that create CLARITY, COMMITMENT, TRANSLATION, ENABLING, SYNERGY and ACCOUNTABILITY

Organisational Greatness is an organisation that possess:

• Sustained Superior Performance


• Loyal Customers


• Engaged EMployees


• Distinctive Contribution

Source: Franklin Covey