Organizational and Leadership Effectiveness
Organizational and Leadership Effectiveness focuses on the success of key leaders at the university. Through regular one-on-one interactions, the consultants maintain an ongoing working relationship with these leaders.
OLE consultants work with senior leaders to:
- Assess and diagnose individual, team and organizational issues
- Perform targeted succession planning
- Provide transition coaching for new leaders
- Provide strategic consulting to ensure senior leaders are successful in achieving organizational goals in alignment with the university mission
They consult and coach leaders and their teams around aligning structure, talent and culture with enterprise strategy; relevant metrics and data are used to track progress and understand benchmarks. The strength and unique contribution of OLE lies in its ability to move leaders to produce high impact, sustainable results.
Mission: To increase the effectiveness of senior leaders and their direct reports to drive organizational performance.
The Organizational and Leadership Effectiveness work is described below:
Leader Effectiveness
This is direct work with the leader and entails maximizing the leader’s personal engagement and strengthening their effectiveness as a leader. This may include their vision for their unit, the communication of that vision, establishing feedback mechanisms and driving organizational action.
Leader Continuity
Leader continuity centers on the value of and actions necessary to ensure the continuity of leaders in key roles in order to drive and sustain organizational performance. This work involves the leader’s role in their own development and the development of others.
Culture and Change
This area of focus centers on leading change and shifting culture. This involves identifying what characterizes the desired culture and creating courses of action to achieve that desired culture. This work also includes developing increasing ability to lead and manage change.
Strategy and Alignment
This work entails assessing organizational readiness to implement strategy, shifting the organizational infrastructure to execute strategy and ensuring that the appropriate resources and relationships are in place for success.
Contact
Cindy Silver
Director, Organizational and Leadership Effectiveness
silver.54@osu.edu
(614) 247-4631
