Articulate and Foster Organizational Culture
Unleash the power of culture to enable your strategy.
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Please note that the content on this page is retired. This content is not maintained and may contain information or links that are out of date.Culture that is not actively managed can lead to:
- Higher turnover
- Increased risk of unethical or illegal behavior
- Negative perceptions of organizational values
A competitive culture leads to many benefits, including:
- Increased organizational value and profitability
- Improved engagement and productivity
- Greater success executing corporate strategy
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Module 1: Work With Executive Team to Define Focus Values
The Purpose
- Describe the desired future state and anticipate challenges in changing culture.
- Review feedback on current culture and develop the action plan to shift to desired state.
Key Benefits Achieved
- McLean & Company's model for articulating and fostering organizational culture is used to align strategy and values with actioned behaviors.
- Current state is evaluated and desired state is described with specific focus values.
- Project goals, timeline, and resources are determined.
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1.1 | Hold kick-off meeting. |
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1.2 | Hold action meeting. |
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Module 2: Work With Executive Team to Review Behaviors
The Purpose
- Provide executives with an awareness of perceptions of their observed behaviors.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Support the desired cultural shift through modeled behaviors from senior leaders.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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2.1 | Review leader behaviors. |
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Module 3: Review HR Programs
The Purpose
- Guide HR through a prioritized action plan with assigned accountability.
- Evaluate current core competencies to determine applicability with revived culture focus values.
Key Benefits Achieved
- HR’s action plan is outlined.
- Competencies are aligned with culture.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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3.1 | Create an HR action plan. |
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3.2 | Review core competencies. |
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3.3 | Develop the HR communication plan. |
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Module 4: Prepare to Disseminate and Manage Culture
The Purpose
- Outline internal communications to gain greater buy-in.
- Encourage desired behaviors with first-wave program group.
- Prepare to cascade facilitation of desired behaviors throughout the organization.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Communications plan is determined.
- Behaviors displaying focus values are reinforced.
- Culture Facilitation Guide is tailored to the needs of leaders throughout the process.
Activities: | Outputs: | |
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4.1 | Outline recognition program for early adopters. |
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4.2 | Customize the Culture Facilitation Guide for Leaders. |
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