When Organizations and Individuals Want Different Things
Creating Authentic Organizations co-author Robin Ryde explores what happens when organizations and individuals are aligned, and when they are not.
In this video, he discusses the managerial concept of ‘discretionary effort,’ and the assumption that, unless encouraged otherwise, employees will only do the bare minimum. By contrast, in authentic organizations, there is an alignment between the value the individual gains from their work and the strategic goals of the organization.