Culture is a big thing for organisations to change and one of the questions we get asked the most is “how do we go about culture change?!”. Dominic Gourley talks to David Byrum about fundamental principles for Culture change programs
Understand “Why” – Discover and align
- Define initial purpose & vision
- Review business issues, conditions, environment, and people – identify specific challenges you want to change
- Facilitate Executive Team education and feedback sessions
- Discover and align that everyone has a clear understanding of the purpose
Build a Baseline – Enlist and engage, measure and analyse
- Launch a core “Change team” to facilitate change
- Define key business outcomes and supplementary questions
- Communicate key outcomes and the purpose
- Launch Culture & Climate diagnostics - Measure where you are today and where you want to be (ideal culture)
- Analyse link of culture to business outcomes
Create Change – Debrief results, build capability and initiate planning
- Share and debrief results – Executive Team, Change Team and Organisation
- Reinforce connection to purpose & vision
- Develop an action plan and involve key stakeholders
- Select a few change initiatives which will give you the biggest returns and quick wins
Learn & Sustain – Finalize plans, implement, learn and adjust
- Implement quick wins and medium-term action plans
- Plan formal reviews of how the change is going – learn and adapt along the way
- Re-measure organisational culture every 18 months – 2 years
If you missed it, listen to the 4 part "How Culture Works" series:
How Culture Works Pt1 – Overview
How Culture Works Pt2 – Mission, Philosophy, Structures
How Culture Works Pt3 – HR Systems
How Culture Works Pt4 – Job Design
How Culture Works Pt5 – Leadership
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001:
Kick Starting a Passive Team
002:
Dealing with Delegation
003:
Telling Someone They have a Blind Spot
004:
What's Wrong with Being Competitive?
005:
I have a Competitive Teammate – Help!
006:
What is a Toxic Culture?
007:
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008:
Is Culture / Climate / Engagement the same thing?
009:
My Manager is Resisting Culture Change
010:
How the Banks got here
011:
Myth Busters: If I’m not Aggressive then I must be Passive
012:
How Culture Works Pt1 – Overview
013:
How Culture Works Pt2 – Mission, Philosophy, Structures
014:
How Culture Works Pt3 – HR Systems
015:
How Culture Works Pt4 – Job Design
016:
How Culture Works Pt5 – Leadership
017:
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018:
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019:
Does Teamwork Work?
020:
Tips and tricks for LSI Debriefs
021:
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022:
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023:
Passive LSI Action Tips
024:
Aggressive LSI Action Tips
025:
Breaking Down Silos
026:
SuperMind Neuro Science of Creativity
027:
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028:
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029: Coaching Questions for Passive Styles
030: Coaching Questions for Aggressive Styles
031: Staying Constructive this Christmas
032: Blue Year's Resolutions
033: How Culture made Headlines in 2018
034: Childhood origins of your thinking and behavior
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