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Organizational health: A fast track to performance improvement
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The hidden value of organizational health—and how to capture it
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Shaping innovation via customer insights and an external orientation
Market shaper
Attracting and inspiring
top talent
Talent and knowledge core
Involving all employees
in drive for performance
and innovation
Continuous improvement engine
Developing and deploying strong leaders at all levels
Leadership factory
Market shaper
Talent and knowledge core
Continuous improvement engine
Leadership factory
Producing top-quintile results requires choosing any one of four recipes for organizational health.
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Organizational health: A fast track to performance improvement
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The top quartile of companies in McKinsey’s Organizational Health Index (OHI) delivers roughly three times the returns to shareholders as those in the bottom quartile.
Health benefits
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Organizational health: A fast track to performance improvement
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~3x
Top-quartile health
Bottom-quartile health
17%
6%
TRS, 3-year average
Organizational health reflects a company’s ability to deliver standout performance over the long term and, at its best, yields superior results across nine dimensions.
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Article - McKinsey Quarterly
The hidden value of organizational health—
and how to capture it
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Culture
and climate
Motivation
Capabilities
Innovation
and learning
Leadership
External orientation
Coordination
and control
Accountability
Direction
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