Mission Critical:
Culture Evolution

EVOLVING ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE

Often, senior leaders attribute a one-off problem to the misdirected behaviors of a single individual.

Many fail to reflect on the underlying reasons for the incident and determine if the organizational culture is reinforcing these undesirable behaviors.

While leadership cannot control individual events, they are accountable for shaping their work environment so as to minimize the probability of these negative occurrences.

How to Evolve Cultures for Leaders in 3 Simple Steps

Step 1:

Identify the root causes of behavior by considering what values, beliefs and perceptions are rewarding behaviors.

Step 2:

Assess internal processes to determine if the rewarded behaviors are antithetical to the values of the organization.

Step 3:

Identify positive behaviors in the current culture and develop strategies to actively promote, reinforce and augment these behaviors across the organization.

Why choose this Leadership Module?

Most organizations know how to respond to crisis. We utilize a “crisis response” approach. Through this approach, we work with clients identify the underlying cultural norms that may be contributing to undesirable behaviors, develop a strategy to address these processes in the context of culture. Next, we take aggressive, immediate steps to “triage” the situation, while collaboratively forming a long-term strategy to predict and prevent future failures.

Is this course right for you? Participants of this module may find themselves struggling with one or more of the following:

Inability to identify the behaviors that embody the organizational cultural priorities that a company seeks.
Focused on the detractors that are negatively impacting the culture versus identifying positive aspects of your current culture.
Fail to appreciate how deeply culture can be in-grained in people’s beliefs and habits and, therefore, how very difficult it will be to change behavior in a way that will last.

BENEFITS

Recognizing and encouraging the critical behaviors that can positively influence the culture and directly boost performance.
Understanding your unique organizational culture and harness it to guides decision making and build enduring execution capability.

USE CULTURE EVOLUTION TO TAKE THE ADVANTAGE

The complexities of organizational culture are often overlooked in the day-to-day grind of the workplace. By taking time to reflect on your organizational culture and analyzing the interdependence of work behaviors and internal processes, your team are better equipped to align the culture to the mission and values of your organization.

Mission Critical: Culture Evolution