Organizational Clarity: "How is your Culture Quotient?" article

This article by Marcella Bremer talks about the culture Quotient of an organization discussing the sensitive issue of diversity in the workplace. Emphasizing the need for Cultural competency that allows professionals to navigate the workplace environment with their co-workers without making waves or causing major HR issues. This way everyone involved can increase their awareness of other cultures, build morale and create a creative, collaborative environment.

If you want more information this brief article summarizes the point and need of a Culture Quotient in every organization just click on the link:

https://www.ocai-online.com/blog/How-is-your-Culture-Quotient?awt_l=lzhjiA&awt_m=3bCXosEPbWsRmh3

Organization Clarity: The “Red Pill” of Cultural Change: Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI) On RU Training

This is a great blog written by a former student on the RU Training blog called: The “Red Pill” of Cultural Change: Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI). It discusses using the OCAI to discover how your personality may gear you towards a certain organizational culture. Taking the OCAI is fast and easy but also you may discover as the author states: "why workers and management are not on the same page" in your organization.

You can find the original blog post here:
https://rutraining.org/2017/02/13/the-red-pill-of-cultural-change-organizational-culture-assessment-instrument-ocai/

Organizational Clarity: The OCAI assessment online

The OCAI assessment divides organizations into four primary structures or groups but most organizations are a mixture of these groups if you do the online questionnaire/assessment you will see the type you prefer or belong to currently.

This assessment is great to understanding where the average employee is and where they want to be. We all have preferences some based on cultural influences some based on professional goals or even experiences, this assessment gives you the insight to help one figure out the best fit for them.

So try it today: https://www.ocai-online.com/

Be careful comparing the results with fellow co-workers who also take the assessment it may lead to heavy debate or heavy eye rolling sessions as you may find out that you have more in common with your co-workers than you possibly want to acknowledge.

Organizational Clarity: Transcultural Collaboration: are you Competent? | OCAI online article

This is a great article by Marcella Bremer from OCAI this article discusses Cultural difference, diversity and why it is important to collaborate within an Organization. It does mention a couple of classes you can take to further your education and get an online degree in regards to being Culturally Adaptive as a leader.  But the real deal here is the mention regarding cultural differences and the fact that it does impact organizations that are trying to reach out in to the global market. 

This is very important from the Organizational Development viewpoint as a Professional, understanding that an employee's culture does determine how they view their place in the organization and how the operate within it.

Click on the article about Transcultural Collaboration here:

  Transcultural Collaboration: are you Competent? | OCAI online

Finding Organizational Development organizations to network with, follow or even learn from.

When it comes to Organizational Development there are certain groups you can follow on popular social media sites either Twitter, Blogger, Google Plus, or Facebook, each of these Organizations, allow you access to articles, special tips for Organizational Development (OD) and offer (paid) goods or services that can help you with issues you or your organization may face. Plus, these sites are great for networking, publishing articles for blogs upon, and grow your OD brand overall. One of the main things OP Professionals must do constantly is network and investigate new ideas and solutions to beat the 70% probability of failure when change is implemented in the organization.

One of the main organizations I use a lot is OCAI, Marcella Bremer, who has produced a lot of articles that discusses the failures within Organizational Change and how management’s positive impact can make change possible and change the organization’s culture. The Organization Development Network is more of a paid site however one of the reasons I choose this organizational is because of the annual workshops, the 2017 OD Network Annual Conference happens in October right in Chicago, IL giving the OD Professionals not only a membership in a collective but a major chance to network with other like-minded professionals. But also as a member you will have the chance to work with the organization with Coaching and Mentoring programs to finding a job in the field being a member can have its advantages (and opportunities)! The last one, the Centre for Organization Development you will have the chance to train with the organization at different programs as a member, but on an international stage.

In case you want the chance to connect or just check out more about these organizations that focus on Organizational Development, down below is their primary website, social media sites

OCAI, Marcella Bremer: OCAI.com you can follow this organization on these popular social media sites, Twitter, Google Plus community and Facebook at:

• https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104244751799086975666
• https://twitter.com/MarcellaBremer
• https://www.facebook.com/marcella.bremer.1

 Organization Development Network: http://www.odnetwork.org/  you can follow this organization on these popular social media sites, on Twitter and Facebook:

• https://twitter.com/ODNetwork
• https://www.facebook.com/ODNetwork/

Centre for Organization Development:  http://www.codhyd.org/ you can follow this organization on these popular social media sites, Twitter, Blogger and Facebook at:

• https://twitter.com/codhyd
• https://www.facebook.com/Centre-for-Organization-Development-146834348697514/ http://codhyd.blogspot.com/

Happy Networking!