Organizational Effectiveness

Just Works has guided our organization through numerous, significant phases of organizational development including an intentional executive transition. Through it all, they have been profoundly intuitive, precise, liberation-oriented, and deeply committed to the wholeness and well-being of the whole organization.

They have built trust within a multigenerational, multicultural team through transparent processes, skill, and grace. In their own approach to modeling power-sharing across identities, they are constantly teaching us what is possible when we move with intention and in alignment with our values. As an Executive Director, their support to me and to the organization is invaluable.

Hema Sarang-Sieminski

Executive Director, Jane Doe Inc. (JDI)

Approach

We support our clients to more fully inhabit their purposes and align their work more deeply with their values and aspirations.

When things get in the way of organizational effectiveness, we work with clients to identify the blockages using a variety of tools to help create clarity and health.

We infuse our work with a deep commitment to racial justice. Our approach includes acknowledging and repairing past harm, embracing organizational and personal healing, and supporting our clients as leaders and changemakers.

Most commonly, our organizational effectiveness work brings new tools, processes, awareness, and commitment to address problems such as:

Lack of shared clarity about the organization’s Guiding Ideas (mission, vision, values)
Unclear goals and roles
Lack of capacity to understand and address systemic oppression and racism
Leadership challenges
Ineffective patterns of communication

We partner with our clients to design and facilitate processes that create clarity, strengthen leadership, address injustice and bias, and engage in deeper communication and authentic relationships.

Related Workshops

We also custom design workshops to meet our clients’ leadership development goals. Some of these include:

FACILITATION SKILLS Want to run more effective and engaging meetings that embody equity and inclusion, bring out the best in people and produce better results with groups? This workshop teaches the skills and tools needed for effective facilitation. Topics include agenda setting, decision-making, and tools for guiding effective discussions.
DISC
DISC is a tool used by organizations around the world to improve individual and team effectiveness. It helps people to understand their own and other people’s behavioral and communication styles and the impact that their behaviors can have on other people.
THE ORGANIZATION WORKSHOP
This highly engaging organizational simulation, based on the work of Barry Oshry, deepens understanding of organizational and systems dynamics and personal leadership. For more information on the Organization Workshop, visit Power and Systems.
TEAM BUILDING
Just Works designs and facilitates initiatives that help teams improve communication, build trust, and move through changes—in structure, culture, strategy, or leadership—which enable people to find satisfying ways to work together and do their best work.
CONFLICT TRANSFORMATION
Conflict is a natural part of human interaction. When not managed well, however, it can create mistrust, stagnation, or negativity. Just Works uses tools and methods such as mediation, Non Violent Communication (NVC) and Deep Democracy to guide cultural shifts that better support collaboration and empowerment. We help our clients break down barriers and develop skills and tools to work together more effectively.
BOARD DEVELOPMENT
Just Works Consulting works with boards to increase their capacity for effective governance and to help board members contribute more fully to organizational health. We provide guidance and training on roles and responsibilities, decision-making, and best practices for generative and functional boards.
RACIAL JUSTICE LEARNING AND UNLEARNING
Just Works Consulting brings a cross-racial team to guide organizations in an intensive journey to understand and address systemic racism, We use trainings, Communities of Practice, affinity groups, and shifts in policies and practices to support both personal and organizational learning and healing.

To learn more about our approach to organizational effectiveness download Ora’s e-book, Where Does It Hurt? Health and Disharmony in Organizational Ecosystems.

Where Does It Hurt? Health and Disharmony in Organizational Ecosystems

Organizational development consultant Ora Grodsky draws on decades of working with social change organizations and years of experience as an acupuncturist to develop a framework for understanding organizations as living ecosystems within which the flow of energy can promote healthy operations or provoke disharmony. This provides a powerful metaphor for diagnosing and addressing organizational challenges, as well as creating and maintaining organizational health.

This short e-book is designed as a hands-on practical guide for organizational leaders, social entrepreneurs and consultants.

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