Health is Important to Organizations, Too
An organization that sustains success is one that has 2 critical elements. The organization is smart and it is healthy.
To say an organization is smart refers to the competence in functional/technical areas. The organization performs well strategically, financially, in marketing, and technology. To sustain the success an organization must also be healthy.
Health [for an organization] refers to the ability of people within the organization to learn from each other, identify critical issues within the organization, assess risks appropriately, take initiative, and recover from past mistakes.

A healthy organization is able to operate free from the constraints of politics, commonplace in most organizations. There are higher levels of openness [accompanied by higher levels of trust] between individuals, teams, and divisions within the organization.
The best organizations don’t succeed because they are smarter than other organizations. It is more like – as has been frequently repeated in many corporate communication presentations – people in the organization are the most valuable asset. The difference between successful – and unsuccessful – organizations is how fully people are utilized; how fully people are allowed to develop and employ their strengths for the benefit of the organization’s purpose and goals.
The another installment will address the leader’s role in developing health within an organization.
Mark McCatty, Leadership & Team Advisor
http://www.mccatty.com/
Leadership Results through People