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Creating a Performance Enhancing Organizational Climate

Want to Improve Your Organization’s Bottom LIne by up to 30 percent?

Research on motivation over the past 40 years has shown that the climate in the workplace has a significant impact on employee behavior and organizational results. Workplace climates that energize workers to produce their very best can improve profit as much as 30 percent - by increasing revenues, lowering costs and improving customer loyalty. And these results have been proven time and time again!

What is Organizational Climate?

Organizational climate refers to a set of measurable properties of the work environment, that are perceived by the people who live and work in it, and that influence their motivation and behavior. Climate characteristics that have been determined to significantly impact a company’s bottom line are: flexibility, responsibility, standards, rewards, clarity and team commitment.

How We Measure Organizational Climate

The Organizational Climate Survey (OCS) is based on the empirical studies of Litwin & Stringer and their systems model developed at Harvard University in 1968. This tool has been enhanced and validated through extensive studies by the Hay Group over the past 35 years. The survey consists of two parts in which the individual indicates the climate as it now exists, and then again as it should be. The actual climate has been shown to reliably differentiate high and low performing organizations from one another. The climate gap is used as a diagnostic index to identify problem areas within an organization that can then be explored and addressed for corrective action by the work unit leaders. The survey is administered online to both leaders and their direct reports. The OCS provides leaders with a valuable window into the functioning of a team, work unit, or even the entire organization. In addition, the diagnostic information provided by the OCS is readily usable to develop more effective approaches to address motivational and organizational problems.

How We Use the OCS for Client Results

We work closely with you to determine the needs and outcomes that you want to address with the OCS - jointly determining the people who should complete the OCS, and the process for completing the online data gathering. After the report is completed, we will plan and implement a working session with your leadership team to review the results, reach decisions on priorities to address the “climate gaps,” and develop an action plan to improve your company’s organizational climate.