WE WORK WITH IDENTITY
Human Capital is the most valuable capital in any organization. Understanding that capital is far more complex than mastering financial data.
People and organizations tend to have a fixed notion of who they are or who they want to become. Both have a powerful, nearly obsessive desire to be congruent with their identity (who they believe they are) and to remain consistent to their actions (what was previously done). In times of uncertainty People and Organizations hold on to that fixed identity they have for themselves because it is familiar. Consistency is highly valued. If a person’s beliefs, words and deeds don’t match, they may be seen as indecisive, untrustworthy, or confused. If an organization or team behaves this way they are considered to be weak, conflicted, or unstable or ineffectual.
PATTERNS OF BEHAVIOR
We look at these notions as patterns. They are not judgments about good and bad, right vs. wrong. If you react and engage emotionally with a pattern, you sustain and maintain that pattern. You become a victim of it and propagate the very pattern you’d like to change. When people or organizations fall into the habit of being consistent even when it does not make sense they stop thinking proactively. They go on automatic pilot. These patterns can be dangerous, even disastrous.
As companies grow they have predictable patterns of behavior. Executives and leaders in a company bring their own leadership style and behaviors into the organization. Knowing which patterns are productive and identifying those that are not are the keys to having an organization realize its financial goals and create an environment where people can flourish.
CLEAN THE WATER IN WHICH YOU SWIM
THE LIMINAL SPACES: WORKING IN THE GAP
Provarus works in the gap between personal and organizational transformation. This gap is often characterized by ambiguity, openness, and uncertainty. This is where identity begins to dissolve and where normal limits of thoughts and behaviors are relaxed and new perspectives can take hold.
Many companies base their success on the talents and magic of a charismatic leader(s), or the skills of gifted individuals. As the company grows, the founder(s) or the executive team tries to attract the next “heroic” talent who can replicate this expertise. This is not sustainable as a strategy. Individual magic seldom works. A team approach is imperative and essential. And it is that magic that is transferable.
Until everyone in an organization learns to work together intelligently and be “at cause” for their communications and actions, the forces of organizational bureaucracy and the “tyranny of the immediate” will predominate. There may be change but there will be no progress.
Our work creates an increased internal capacity for change. Our clients enjoy increased financial performance, become attractive to exceptional talent, create a cohesive culture and sustain a competitive advantage over their competition.
HOW FAST DOES IT HAVE TO GET BETTER?
This is a proven set of business processes. This is not a trendy philosophy, a quick fix or a training program. It is a comprehensive effort that involves developing leaders; discovering the hidden talent in your company and working as a team not individuals. This is a defined process that can be taught, monitored, improved, replicated and scaled. It will transform you as well as your enterprise. will become a permanent asset in your company that will grow and prosper, independent of any particular individual. And this work can be duplicated, reproduced and transferred successfully.
It will increase growth, improve morale, and have your company become an attractor of talent. It will validate your capabilities and create significant brand benefits to you by enrolling brand advocates in the marketplace.
Focus on the process, not the person
Allow 6 months to 1 year to insure the process takes hold. It may require a significant change in your company’s culture and inspired leadership. This is sustainable change.