COLIN ON CULTURE
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Fact vs. future
If you're going to invest time in defining the key elements of your culture, do it with conviction and purpose.
Loading luggage in an ice-storm
The most memorable leaders are the ones who aren’t afraid to park strategy in order to get stuck in at the coalface.
Culture decay
Dysfunctional workplaces need intervention precisely because they're dysfunctional. Every day you wait the problems become more entrenched, behaviours become more normalised and cynicism grows deeper.
Strong foundations
When you build a house, there's no debate. No one says, "let's skip the foundation and figure it out later". That would be absurd. Yet in business, we do exactly that when we don’t purposefully create our culture.
Why 'Culture First' leaders will always succeed
When senior leaders make investment in culture their top priority, they will always reap the rewards, both in terms of business results, but also in staff engagement too.
4 Signs of Culture Window Dressing
Does the culture you are projecting to the outside world correlate with your employees’ experiences? When you window dress your culture you are creating a disconnect that will ultimately play out across the entire organisation and its performance.
Is your organisation talking a good game when it comes to culture?
Talk is all well and good; action is much better. Any investment in culture will pay dividends, so what are you waiting for?
10 Signs Your Organisation is Paying Lip Service to Culture
There’s no point saying culture is a priority if you’re not going to back up your words with actions. Here’s some ways you might be NOT working on your culture.