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What It’s About: The strategy for improving culture in any organization includes a universally applicable formula. Big C culture (a society) and little c culture (organization), co-exist in terms of opportunity. My Harvard class on Building Extraordinary and Adaptive Cultures has confirmed this for me in spades.
As an example, a government ministry in Nigeria obviously has a massively different context than a Presbyterian church in California. However, a common formula for advancing organizational culture can be effectively adapted to work in each. I know, because leaders from both of these extremely unparallel examples have attended my class.
In my nine cohorts over the last three years, I’ve had representation and participation from more than 30 unique countries, and even more industries/sectors. I’ve had leaders at senior levels from every organization type, size and scope. They all leave with a recipe and framework for advancing their culture. It works. Why? How?
So What?: Every organization has a culture, and often many subcultures. And these are highly dynamic, either moving towards thriving or toxic. If you leave culture development to chance, it will become a crap shoot as to which way it goes. If you want to be intentional, then you can put a hand (ideally many hands) on the tiller to guide its forward shaping and evolution.
Now What?: This premise actually makes total sense. The core strategies are universal because humans have common hopes/needs. Great cultures believe in focusing on their people first. They recognize that workers need to know WHY the company exists, and while honoring diversity, they also know the organization performs better when bound by aligned, modern values. There’s a further belief that people have a right to have great (not perfect) leaders who promote conditions for Belonging and psychological safety. There are a few more key ingredients, however these core beliefs are a good place to start. (Btw, we have a great diagnostic tool to help you know where your culture stands).
There is no excuse for being numb, blind, or simply reactive to advancing your culture. Email me at lgrubis@gmail.com. I’d be happy to confidently, and hopefully humbly, talk to you about a winning culture system. I’ve successfully applied everything I recommend. The ROI is priceless.
Think Big, Start Small, Act Now,
- Lorne
One Millennial View: I’ve had the privilege of observing and helping to facilitate many of these culture courses. You can see this truly is a framework that can reach anyone and everyone interested in simply making their organization a more intentional, adaptive, extraordinary place to achieve the results they’re after. Doesn’t matter the objective or industry. Still, even I know that sometimes culture can sound too fluffy, daunting or convoluted, so I like to think of it as the “Strategy to Make Work Really Really Good Club.” Who wouldn’t want that?
- Garrett
One Gen Z View: This framework seems to be working on a visible scale bringing about change. It makes me glad to know this is bringing about change.
- Logan
Edited and published by Garrett Rubis.
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