THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Culture

“Culture of the mind must be subservient to the heart. ”- Mohandas Gandhi

TOPIC OF THE DAY

Continuous Improvement Strategies to Build Your Desired Culture

What is involved in attaining successful improvement activities that will allow you to build and maintain your desired culture?

We all understand the need to measure results; particularly revenue, cost, productivity and budget. For the most part organizations are disciplined in developing strategies and action plans to improve these results. However, few organizations plan improvement activities based on their desired culture. Why? First, developing plans targeting financial and productivity targets can be much more tangible than culture related improvements. Second, writing a list of values is a relatively easy exercise; while implementing them takes significant effort.

We currently work with two companies that have, over time, come to truly understand what's involved in building a desired culture. One is a very young company that has a definite advantage in building their work culture, while the other has established itself through generations of owners. The established company has had to be very realistic about the amount of change accomplished each year but have, essentially, followed the same types of improvement activities as the younger company in their pursuit of creating a new culture that matches their stated values.



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