The Healthy Organisation

What makes an organisation truly healthy?It is not simply profit, structure or strategy. Healthy organisations are built through culture, leadership, trust, involvement, learning and a shared sense of purpose.In The Healthy Organisation, Michael Wash draws on decades of experience in organisational development, healthcare, education, counselling and leadership to explore how organisations can move from dysfunction, resistance and drift towards greater clarity, commitment and sustainable performance.Blending practical tools with reflective insight, the book examines the seven interconnected elements that shape organisational health and shows how leaders, managers, consultants and facilitators can influence change from within.Through practical frameworks, exercises, diagrams and a continuing organisational storyline, readers are encouraged to examine what is really happening beneath the surface of working life - including leadership behaviour, communication, ownership, motivation, workplace culture and the often-overlooked 'shadow side' of organisations.The book explores how to:• build healthier and more constructive workplace cultures• strengthen leadership capability and personal responsibility• improve communication, involvement and trust• understand and manage resistance to change• facilitate groups and organisational development more effectively• turn problems into opportunities for learning• improve performance without losing sight of people• create sustainable improvement rather than short-term fixesAt its heart is a simple proposition: organisations improve when the people within them are able to understand what is happening, take greater ownership and work together towards outcomes that matter.Written for leaders, managers, HR and organisational development professionals, consultants, facilitators and anyone interested in creating better places to work, The Healthy Organisation offers a practical and human approach to improving organisational life.From crisis to turnaround. From mediocrity to excellence. Creating fulfilment, purpose and performance at work.