How do I change the culture of my organization?

Is your organization missing a common direction? Are people pulling in different directions rather than toward a common goal? Do you have strong plans and weak execution? Is there a lack of collaboration across organizational boundaries?

Organizational culture includes aspects of the environment that influence employees’ attitudes and performance. While difficult to measure, culture is a critical component in extraordinary long-term performance. It can be the engine that drives your business through the tough times or the anchor that keeps you from meeting your full potential.

In Corporate Culture and Performance, Kotter and Heskett note:

• Corporate culture can have a significant impact on a firm's long-term economic performance
• Corporate cultures that inhibit strong long-term financial performance are not rare; they develop easily, even in firms that are full of reasonable and intelligent people.
• Although tough to change, corporate cultures can be made more performance enhancing.

Maybe your company has been talking about culture change for years, to no avail. Louis Gerstner Jr. was correct when he said, "You can't talk a culture into changing. You've got to point to fundamental strategic changes you're going to implement in a company and then drive the execution of that strategy. And it is in the execution of the strategy that the culture begins to change."

RidgeLight Consulting can help you define and plan the culture that will support your desired outcomes. We can then support you in the execution of your change effort.

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