Most organizations are ineffective. Yours doesn't have to be.
You wouldn't go swimming in the sea without checking the currents and the tides first. Yet as a leader, you're expected to dive straight into every problem and fix it fast - even though your organization, like the world around it, is more complex and disrupted than it's ever been.
The issue? Expediency instead of effectiveness. The illusion of progress rather than real change. Hidden costs accumulating, unseen, while your organization remains ineffective.
The solution? The Effectiveness Edge. A different way in, using the 3D-OE Diagnostic FrameworkTM to give you a step-by-step approach that reveals what's going on - one layer of complexity at a time.
The outcome? Seeing systemic issues clearly, making sense of the dynamics of your organization and cutting through to surface what's really going on.
This way, your people do more of what matters and less of what doesn't - and you can realize cost benefits faster.
With helpful case studies, a comprehensive diagnostic tool and clear examples for putting the theory into practice, this is the essential leaders' resource to unlock productivity, performance and profitability.
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Andrea Robottom is a leading voice in organisation effectiveness - the person leaders call when they have a business performance issue and the cause is elusive. Known for her candour, clarity, and ability to cut through complexity, she helps CEOs and senior executives identify what is truly blocking performance - then act on it. Andrea founded NoNonsense Consulting in 2009 and has over 35 years of global organisation effectiveness experience across FMCG, beer, financial services, med tech, retail, utilities, hospitality and not-for-profit. Her corporate career spans Cadbury, PepsiCo, Seagram and Compaq. She is the co-author of The Effectiveness Edge: How Organisation Effectiveness Unlocks Performance - written with her former job share partner Vanessa Loughlin - which introduces the 3D-OE Diagnostic Framework(TM). Andrea is an accredited Mediator, Fellow of the CIPD, and Trustee of Precious Sisters, a charity supporting girls' education in Kenya. Outside of work she loves tennis, family games, cooking, and exploring the world with her family.
Vanessa Loughlin is a trusted specialist in organization effectiveness with a clear view: most organizations aren't held back by strategy, but by the way they're designed to work. Founder of Organisation Matters Ltd, she partners with CEOs and executive teams to understand issues, surface hidden costs and make organization decisions that create competitive advantage. With 35 years experience across global businesses including Motorola, Vodafone, Barclays and Aviva, she specialises in diagnosing and resolving complex issues to unlock organization, team and individual performance. A systems thinker and straight talker she co-authored The Effectiveness Edge: How Organization Effectiveness Unlocks Performance with Andrea Robottom - a partnership forged through a unique job share. Vanessa holds an MSc in Organisation Consulting, is trained in Transactional Analysis and is a Fellow of the CIPD. Outside work, she finds balance in family life, long walks with her dog and painting.
Andrea is based in Jersey and Vanessa is based in London.