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Diagnosis of HiPO culture x10 best practice criteria

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* 1. Your organization's managers optimize employee performance, potential and talent management by bringing out the best in people; motivate them; helping them adapt to changing circumstances and promoting good and harmonious teamwork. It also trains business leaders to manage the change process effectively in the best interests of the company and its people.

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* 2. Your organization's managers act with integrity and serve as role models for their reports. They are credible and consistent and exhibit a strong set of ethical standards that gain the trust and respect of their teams.

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* 3. Your organization's managers make swift & effective decisions and they encourage others to do the same. They give people continuous support, coaching and freedom to act in ways that are consistent with the organization's standards and these managers also hold themselves accountable for their own decisions.

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* 4. Your organization integrates standards for excellence into it's operating structures & introduces people to these standards from the moment they join the organization. These standards are a living document. People are encouraged to share their ideas & knowledge to stimulate innovation & fresh ideas and ensure the organization is permanently focused on improvement.

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* 5. Your organization is receptive to and not dismissive of (macro, market & micro) environmental forces and -change. It is responsible in creating an organizational culture that is poised to adapt to changing circumstances. Your organization establishes open, transparent and multidirectional lines of communication so that these change messages flow freely around the organization.

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* 6. Your organization is vigilant, agile and responsive to environmental change. There is a distinct focus on action; sustaining it's competitive advantage; harnessing its core competencies; compliance with core values and finding ways to do it better and/or more cost effectively over time.

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* 7. Your organization has well-defined vision statements that convey the reason for the organization's existence and are focused on long-term (as opposed to short-term) outcomes and building sustainable, life-long & mutually beneficial relationships with key stakeholders and how to create and add real value for them.

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* 8. Your organization is characterized by role clarity, cross-functional collaboration, cohesiveness and coordination. Everyone plays a crucial role in driving the company forward and everything that happens at the individual, group or departmental level and how it contributes to the achievement of desirable organizational goals and results. There is a high degree of task significance and task identity.

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* 9. Your organization works tirelessly to assemble a diverse and balanced team where individual personalities do not dominate, and everyone works together in partnership to achieve the mission-critical aspects of the company's strategy.

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* 10. Your organization ensures that every individual is well trained and encouraged to be flexible, resilient and to apply entrepreneurial thinking, resulting in a highly creative and engaged workforce where everyone is proactive, solutions-focused and comfortable with taking calculated risks.

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