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Importance of Improving Workplace Environment

How to Improve Workplace Environment

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Importance of Improving Workplace Environment

In today's ever changing and fast paced world managers find it increasingly difficult to get the most out of their employees. Research has shown that organizations with better climates promote the use of more sophisticated work designs that enable them to better handle chaos and constant change. These climates also provide increased support for working more effectively at a global level, and increase the effectiveness of teamwork and knowledge sharing (Firenze, 1998).

Organizational or corporate context also has a profound influence on long-term economic impact. Kotter & Heskett (1992) found that those companies that intentionally and effectively managed their working environments consistently outperformed companies that didn't. Companies that managed their climates had a 500% better increase in revenue, 800% better increase in stock price, and 750% better increase in Net Income over their rivals who did not manage their climate or environment, during a 10-year period.

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How to Improve Workplace Environment

The following services could help aid you in the continuing quest for the most productive work environment possible.

Improving the Climate for Change
The Improving the Climate for Change (ICC) intervention provides a snapshot of the climate for creativity within your organization. Using the Situational Outlook Questionnaire® (SOQ), a multi-method, reliable, valid and useful tool built upon 50 years of research and practice, helps to gauge your organization’s readiness for change. Understanding your climate will help to assist you in providing meaningful and lasting change in your organization.

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Leading Strategic Change
Research shows that leadership behavior at the organization and team levels is the most important influence on creating an environment that supports innovation and creativity. The Situational Outlook Questionnaire® can be used not only to assess your organization's climate but it can be used to assist leaders in improving that climate.

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Teamwork for Transformation
The Teamwork for Transformation course uses a measure called VIEW: An Assessment of Problem Solving Style to analyze different problem solving styles. We then show you how to use that style make-up to foster successful teamwork.

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Research Articles

Read research articles on climate courtesy of our Creativity Research Unit

The climate for transformation: Lessons for leaders. (An article by Isaksen published in the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal that summarizes three cases where the SOQ was used to help transform the climate and business results)

The Situational Outlook Questionnaire: Assessing context for change. (An article by Isaksen published in Psychological Reports that reports the psychometric properties of the SOQ)

The climate for creativity and change in teams. (An article by Isaksen and Lauer published in the Creativity and Innovation Management Journal that illustrates the ability of the SOQ to discriminate between most and least creative team experiences)

Perceptions of the best and worst climates for creativity: Preliminary validation evidence for the Situational Outlook Questionnaire. (An article by Isaksen, Lauer, Ekvall and Britz published in the Creativity Research Journal that provides some evidence of validity for the SOQ)

Convergent validity of the Situational Outlook Questionnaire: Discriminating levels of perceived support for creativity. (An article by Isaksen and Lauer published in the North American Journal of Psychology that provides some additional evidence for the validity of the SOQ)

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Clients Success Stories

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