by Jamie Notter | Oct 30, 2018 | Change, Culture, Truth
Here’s a typical scenario. You want to create a stronger culture, so you ask your people to articulate some kind of ideal culture. They tell you all the aspects they wish were present in your culture, and probably complain about some of the problems they now face, and...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 10, 2018 | Change, Conflict, Culture, Growth, Managing People, Solutions
When we were creating the Workplace Genome culture assessment, I had an assumption that organizations with really small staff would tend not use it. I used to joke: Hey, if you’re only 19 employees, then instead of the culture survey, why don’t you just sit around the...
by Jamie Notter | Sep 11, 2018 | Change, Culture
In the third phase of our work with culture consulting clients, we help them develop a “playbook” of action steps that will start to intentionally bring their culture in greater alignment with what makes them successful as an organization. When they get to this stage,...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 30, 2018 | Change, Culture
This is probably one of the biggest fears among leaders when it comes to culture change: what if we start making the change, and then the effort just fizzles out? After all, culture is something that is easy to ignore, since it has the power to live and grow without...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 6, 2018 | Change, Culture
When we give our consulting clients an overview of what should be included in their “Culture Playbook,” we offer up six possible sections of the playbook: Rituals and artifacts Stewardship Talent/HR Process Structure/Design Technology You don’t NEED to have a play in...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 22, 2018 | Change, Collaboration, Culture, Transparency
At the end of one of the phases of our culture consulting, we help clients create a “Culture Playbook.” It’s basically a list of things they will do inside their organization to either change or protect specific aspects of their culture, in order to ensure ongoing...
