Goals must be crystal clear and forward focused Good organizations plan and plan for contingencies as well Members continuously and naturally challenge the status quo, seeking improvement It only took…
Efficacy, the first step to a high functioning culture Optimism, Growth and Accountable Behaviors help create Efficacy A year out of college, one of my housemates showed me an article…
Culture isn’t what’s written down in the employee manual Culture is what they tell you after you get done with training Leader’s influence culture – they do not control it…
What Gets Measured…Gets Done UnknownCulture has three levels – Artifacts, Personal Values, Assumed ValuesThe behaviors that comprise a culture can be quantified – As can an organization’s idealThe gap between…
“Mattering” is important in engagementEngagement occurs as an outcome of consistent culture cultivation effortsHighly engaged organizations share common philosophies and practiceThere is a radio station in my town that has…
A majority of people believe they have high integrity Culture determines levels of psychological safety Strong culture prevents Integrity conflicts Imagine sitting in a meeting of peers, discussing a new…
A Player-Coached Team Stimulates Improvements Trust is the Foundation for Psychological Safety Innovation relies upon well-focused, risk-taking Strategies Innovate or Die? Today’s disruption comes from organizations and their teams that…
Engagement is an outcome of cultureIntegrity is a key component of cultureLeaders must ensure psychological safety, reinforcing integrityA good friend of mine once observed, “Once someone becomes an Archbishop, they…
Surveys to improve satisfaction generally only measure climate Climates can easily change but rarely show long-term performance improvement Climate is an outcome of culture – Start with culture first Employee…
2021 promises to provide great opportunities. The road to success, while open, is littered with challenges. 2020 has seen intense economic dislocation and truckloads of human suffering. The world economy…
