Culture Development & Integration

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“No company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.” - Jack Welch

An organization has its own unique cultural DNA or culture. It determines what employees value, how they behave, their priorities and what they do when no one is watching. Since as many as 50% of people leave a job in the first two years, cultural fit is important.

Cultures are shaped “One Leader at a Time.” To understand a culture, we look at an organization’s leadership, values and structure.

Leaders are “culture shapers” who:

Keep the vision, values and purpose top of mind
Serve as role models and storytellers for what is expected
Influence day-to-day employee actions and behaviors

We help executives and their teams:

Look at their cultures from a fresh point of view
Envision the culture they want to create and engage employees in the process
Design a roadmap to shape and align cultures to the business strategy
Facilitate the learning, feedback and reinforcement necessary for lasting change

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Culture Development & Integration Blogs

How to Ensure Your Purpose Drives Alignment

By Kittie Watson | February 1, 2017

While effective leaders live on purpose, they also have a responsibility to ensure that their employees find purpose in what they do. There is a direct correlation between satisfying work and an organization’s vision and purpose.

Gifts of Leadership: What Employees Say at the Dinner Table

By Kittie Watson | December 18, 2015

With each interaction, leaders have an opportunity to give a GIFT to employees helpful feedback, advice, compliments, suggestions, lessons learned, etc. Take an inventory to determine your effectiveness.

Listening Leaders: What “Yes, AND”, “What if” and “Both/And Thinking” Have in Common

By Kittie Watson | November 30, 2015

Today’s challenges are often not solved with one right answer. Rather than problems to be solved, polarities are interdependent and must be managed. Companies who outperform their competition have learned how to supplement either/or thinking with both/and thinking.