Winning Organization:

Knowledge Management

Teaching Organization

How Great Leaders Teach Their Companies to Win

The New DNA of Winning Organizations1 Winning Organizations are Teaching Organizations Everybody teaches. Everybody learns. Practices, processes, values all promote teaching They Are Built Around Virtuous Teaching Cycles Teaching isn't one-way. It's interactive. Interaction generates knowledge. It makes everyone smarter. They Create Attributes Needed in the Knowledge Economy Maximum use of everyone's skills and talent All-level alignment needed for smart, speedy action

5 Strategies for Creating a Culture of Questioning

Be a Model: Lead by example; constantly search for new opportunities; ask lots of “Why?” and “What if?” questions... More

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9 Signs of a Losing Organization

9. Poor Idea and Knowledge Management: cross-pollination of ideas is not facilitated; no idea management and knowledge management strategies and systems; "know-it-all" attitude; "not invented here" syndrome... More

Teaching Organization Defined

"Teaching Organization is one in which everyone is a teacher, everyone is a learner, and reciprocal teaching and learning are built into the fabric of everyday activities."¹

Teachable Point of View

Good leaders possess a teachable point of view, which includes⁴:

• Ideas based on clear knowledge of what it takes to win in the marketplace and how the organization should operate.

• Shared values that support the business ideas and that everyone in the organization understands and lives up to

• Emotional energy that drives the leaders themselves and is actively communicated to create positive emotional energy in others.

• Edge, the leader's ability to face reality and to champion tough decisions about products, investments, and people

Management by Wandering Around (MBWA): Practices

• Managers getting away from their desks and starting to talk to individual employees. The idea is that they should learn about problems and concerns at first hand. At the same time they should teach employees new methods to manage particular problems. The communication goes both ways... More

What Should You Do To Be an Inspirational Leader?

Inspirational leaders create an inspiring corporate culture to inspire, empower and energize their people. People do what they have to do for a manager, they do their best for an inspirational leader... More