Most organisations are ineffective. Yours doesn't have to be. | 3D-OE Diagnostic Framework™
Putting Organisation Effectiveness at the Top of Your Agenda
A significant amount of hidden cost is tied up in knotty organization effectiveness issues — the kind that slip through the net and never show up on an Income Statement, lingering because they're complex and difficult.
Between us, we draw upon more than 70 years experience working with organizations across the globe. We've each seen first-hand how difficult it is to diagnose the true nature of issues that hold back organization performance.
THE BOOK
The Effectiveness Edge™
How Organization Effectiveness Unlocks Performance
As a CEO, you're expected to jump straight in and fix issues fast — yet your organization and the world around it are more complex and disrupted than ever.
The result is expediency over effectiveness: the illusion of progress rather than real change, with hidden costs continuing to drag you down.
The Effectiveness Edge™ changes that. Drawing on decades of expertise, Vanessa Loughlin and Andrea Robottom illuminate the hidden costs created by our frames of reference, an unexamined system, and the pull of the status quo — and offer a deliberate ‘go slow to go fast’ alternative. At the heart of the book is the 3D-OE Diagnostic Framework™ — a step-by-step approach that reveals what's really going on up, down, and around your organization, one level of complexity at a time. It allows you to see systemic issues clearly, cut through complexity, and make confident organisational effectiveness decisions — so that people can get their work done, and you can realise the benefits faster.
OUR APPROACH
The 3D-OE Diagnostic Framework™
Our approach is unique, our diagnostic is unique — we developed it. No competitor offers the same combined depth of expertise with a proven whole-landscape diagnostic approach.
Over the years we've seen organisation effectiveness issues show up like rotten fish that have been forgotten and ignored and left to quietly fester. It's only when they are brought into the open that you can address them and unlock the real benefits.
Andrea Robottom & Vanessa Loughlin
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What Leaders Are Saying
“If you care about organisation performance, this is a book you can't ignore.”
Chief HR Officer
Industrial Conglomerate, Middle East
“A must-read for any leader seeking to understand and address the underlying drivers of poor organisational performance.”
Chief People Officer
Medical Technology, FTSE 100
“The Effectiveness Edge™ is a powerful, deeply human guide to uncovering the hidden costs that quietly erode organisational performance.”
Board Chair
Financial Services
“The Effectiveness Edge™ is a must read for anybody who is responsible for driving organizational performance holistically.”
Former CEO, Independent Board Director
Consumer Products India
“This book reflects the very best of Andrea — its insightful, straight-talking and deeply respectful of the realities of organizational life. Along with her co-author Vanessa Loughlin she shares hard-won wisdom and a disciplined approach that helps you get underneath the symptoms and deal with what's really driving performance, complexity and culture. I can't recommend this book highly enough.”
HR Executive
Global Hospitality Sector, FTSE 100
“Having worked with Vanessa, I have seen first-hand her ability to apply organization effectiveness to complex organizations and business challenges. Along with her co-author, Andrea Robottom, she brings that depth of experience to this book. A highly valuable read for senior leaders.”
Chief People Officer
Global Insurance
“I read this wonderful, accessible and informative book in one sitting. If you are interested in understanding how organizations really work — and anatomising the components of successful, high performing organizations — this book is for you.”
Co-author and Co-founder
Global Leadership Development Consultancy
“I read this wonderful, accessible and informative book in one sitting. If you are interested in understanding how organizations really work — and anatomising the components of successful, high performing organizations — this book is for you.”
Co-author and Co-founder
Global Leadership Development Consultancy
“What sets this book apart is the authors' willingness to look beneath the surface — at the frames of reference that shape what leaders can and cannot see. In doing so, they open a door that too few OE practitioners walk through: the recognition that organisational effectiveness is inseparable from the developmental capacity of the leaders seeking to achieve it.”
Director
Global Leadership Development Consultancy
“The Effectiveness Edge™ provides you a great way to look at your organization through the systemic lenses of the organization effectiveness. It definitely helps you identify and diagnose your untapped opportunities!”
Independent Board Member; Retired CHRO
Beauty & Personal Care, USA, CAC 40
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