Practicing Organization Development: A Guide for Leading Change: A Third Edition

SUMMARY

For nearly twenty years, the strategic fitness process (SFP) has proven to be a powerful leadership platform that enables senior teams to develop a more effective, high-commitment, and high-performance organization. Its success is dependent, however, on several preconditions. First, the senior leadership team must have a business reason for entering into the process. They must be able to define a gap in effectiveness and/or performance they want to close. That gap can be because of a crisis or because the senior team wants to raise the bar of leadership and organizational effectiveness. Second, leaders must ultimately be willing to learn and, if necessary, change their leadership behavior and policies.

SFP is meant to be more than ...