“Gallup researchers, who base the Employee Engagement Index on a survey of nearly 42,000 randomly selected adults, estimate that disengaged workers cost US businesses as much as “$350 billion a year.” Organizational Behavior and understanding how to integrate these practices in to business are critical to the success of leaders of the future. Job security, careful hiring practices, self-managed teams, generous pay for performance, training, teamwork and trust-building skills provide the stanchions for stability and success.
Organizational behavior deals with how people act and react in organizations of all kinds. Relative to your interpersonal effectiveness: being a team player, negotiating for a win-win, change management, managing conflict, communicating and influencing, trust building, and leading others ultimately make you a success as a leaders. Many technical employees (accountants, IT resources etc.) challenge the need to study organizational behavior as they don’t see the relevance to their current positions. I would argue that eventually you may start out with a narrow specialty, but eventually your success in a company will be your ability to lead. Your people skills, your emotional intelligence can make or break your career.
Today we have a team-oriented and globalized workplace, your teamwork, cross-cultural, communication, conflict handling and your powers of persuasion will be tested. Those who past the test will be those that thrive in organizations.
There are 4 critical activities to be aware of as you contemplate your place in your organization and your long-term goals.
- The human relations movement
- The quality movement
- The Internet and social media revolution
- The age of human and social capital
Growth depends on the sharing of valuable knowledge. What good are bright employees who do not network, teach, inspire and motivate?”
If you are interested in hearing more about organizational behavior, please contact us. We will be happy to customize a program for you or for members of your leadership team. My thanks to Robert Krieitner and Angelo Kinicki for their sage and well written text entitled Organizational Behavior for the content of this article.
