62: Reinvent Your Organization with Stephen Ogburn

Stephen Ogburn is the Vice President of Ogburn Construction, a fast-growing family-owned concrete repair company in Central Virginia. We dissect Fredrick Laloux’s Reinventing Organizations and talk about how companies can shift from success-focused into people-focused organizations.

 

Timestamps

[00:35] Stephen’s entrepreneurial journey 

[02:29] Leaving formal employment to join the family business

[03:21] Stephen’s experience with management blueprints 

[05:11] Business models from Fredrick Laloux’s Reinventing Organizations

[09:38] The demerits of being a success-focused business

[11:31] How success-focused companies can transform into people-focused organizations  

[14:12] What is self-management?

[18:19] How wholeness impacts productivity within organizations

[21:50] How to deal with difficult employees 

[25:14] The link between core values and company success

[27:40] How companies can create and scale a people-focused culture 

[33:13] Key processes to running a people-focused company

[36:10] Parting thoughts

 

Links and Resources

Stephen’s LinkedIn

Ogburn Construction, Inc.

Reinventing Organizations by Fredrick Laloux 

Originals by Adam Grant

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