Turn Organizational Culture into a Competitive Advantage
Unleash the power of culture to enable your strategy.
Onsite Workshop
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
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 turning culture into a competitive advantage 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 Processes
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 Spread 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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