New Book Advocates Magic As Key to Your Organization's Success

At the Building a Winning Organization, Dylan Stafford shares his hard-earned secrets on how to build an organization that will keep employees happy and brings customers back. In addition to his academic experiences and his work in corporate America as UCLA's Dean of Admissions for his Professional Management Program, he also shares the perspectives of students and others in the academic and business world. And then he completes it by adding a dash of magic-a-la Harry Potter.

"Harry Potter?" you may say. Yes, Harry Potter. Dylan understands that today's younger generation who are entering the workforce have grown up reading JK Rowling's novels and watching films based on them, so he suggests that we want this extra in our organizations May the magic be in their work and in their work. Company Products. He advocates using Hogwarts as a model to add this magic. Then, in each chapter, he deals with one aspect of the work for Hogwarts. This strategy makes the book fun for the reader, and the examples are clear and the text applies, whether you're a fan of Harry Potter.

Creating a winning organization is divided into fourteen chapters that discuss different aspects of leadership and you can transform your organization into a win-win experience for all. Chapter titles include Time to a Wizard, Falling in Love with Leadership, Telling Your Tribe Story, Show Me the Money, Your Trusting Your Army and a Global Brain, A Global Heart. Each chapter recounts a series of experiences from Dylan and others, and it then asks the reader the difficult questions, questions that require the reader to introspect and are engaged in a process of change for the organization. Examples of such questions include: "How would you describe your organization's culture now? What's working? What's not working? What's missing?" And "Who is bringing you a 'problem', which could be an opportunity? Will the initiative make a difference that you haven't generated yet? Write it down and then see what magic reveals itself."

One thing I liked about this book is how busy Dylan is listening to people. In these pages, he shares his experiences with students he has worked with, who raised questions and gave them ideas, and then how he and his colleagues raced with the ball to turn those ideas into successes. An example is how the student body president suggested to them that a program at UCLA be made a "Super Saturday", in which the incoming students are interviewed and interviewed by current students and administrators about the MBA program. While this event requires a lot of work and skips on some Saturdays, it also means that these potential future students (customers) leave with a positive experience, realizing that not only they They want to go to UCLA, rather they are interested in UCLA. The incident occurred only because Dylan chose to listen to and implement the ideas of others, and this has been an ongoing success for many years.

Dylan also shares the importance of networking throughout the book. He explains that while working for Siemens in Germany, he helped create a monthly international networking event called Intergrate! Part of the goal of this event was how to tell people about the company, which was founded in 1847. By organizing the event in the Beer Garden, Dylan and his colleagues were able to make it fun and present Siemens as "not a company". The parents knew, but a young and vibrant place. "As a result, he changed young Germans' perceptions that Siemens could be" stiff, stale, and stuck. "Siemens was" hip, sleek, and cool. "The incident soon led to spin-off activities, including skiing trips. Dylan was applauded for making the Germans feel like they couldn't get up on stage and tell people about the network, which was basically just for Dylan, each other To make friends with. Results? A company that can continue prospering in the future.

This story coincides with Dylan's message about the need to attract the younger generation to your organization, which, in turn, borrows from the metaphor of Hogwarts to keep his point throughout the book. At one point, he tells us, "For you, to lead your university or your organization, you have the opportunity to learn from the Hogwarts. Your organization will be there for your students or employees on a journey of their own hero The setting can be. If you brew. That type of culture, you will have a winning organization in your hands. Talented people have today to pick up their laptops and get in the world. Shall have the option to work anywhere, almost infinite choice. If you live in want great people your organization. "

Creating a winning organization is full of inspiration and there are lots of stories that you can relate to the lessons that you can apply to your organization. You will not be running an MBA program, working in Germany, or facing the same challenge