Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “culture”
THE MAIN POINT (91 seconds reading time) Is managing the organizational culture a task only for the CEO? Not necessarily. First, culture change needs a champion as I’ll describe shortly. That champion isn’t necessarily the CEO or other corporate executive. Second, each person is responsible to manage the culture of his or her work unit. Several years ago, we conducted …
THE MAIN POINT (92 seconds reading time) (Above diagram by Deal and Kennedy in “Corporate Cultures.”) Why diagnose culture? You can diagnose the culture of an organization for both personal and professional reasons. When you work for an organization, you want your personal values to align with the organization’s values – provided, of course, you know your personal values. …
THE MAIN POINT (499 words – 100 seconds reading time) Can we measure the culture and it’s tolerance for risk? Can we diagnose our culture so we know what we have and can compare what we have to what we want? What kind of a culture do you work in? It’s very difficult to measure the culture, but is possible …
The Main Point (93 seconds reading time) Image: https://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/11417. The painting is by Emanuel Leutze (American, Schwäbisch Gmünd 1816–1868 Washington, D.C. How do we teach and promulgate the corporate values and all of the organizational culture? We tell the cultural stories and pass on the cultural legends out loud and we follow unwritten rules that aren’t typically spoken, much less …
THE MAIN POINT (82 seconds reading time) (The image above is taken from Toben Rick at www.tobenrick.eu.) Many things in an organization are going on below the surface, but being aware of these is key in leading the direction of an organization. It’s amazing how many different rituals, taboos, rites, and ceremonies we have in the organization: some obvious and …
THE MAIN POINT (72 seconds reading time) Many artifacts and traits relate to your culture. None is more important than your values: the core, or heart, of the culture, around which all other artifacts and traits revolve. Today, most organizations have identified their values in some form or another (not always called values). Values are enduring, hard-to-change beliefs that focus the …
THE MAIN POINT (73 seconds reading time) A leader manages the organization’s culture. I’ve mentioned the differences between the organization’s identity, culture, climate, morale, and mission. One thing is clear. We must sort out our identity, culture, and mission before we can deal with strategy or structure. These concepts must be defined in any strategic planning exercise. Organizational development experts try …
