Successful transformation
requires cultural change
We recognise change is hard. Whatever transformation you are embarking on be it technical, people or data led, you are fundamentally asking people to change the way they work and make decisions together, which in order to be successful requires cultural change.
The five components of culture that have to be considered and that are critical to your success.
CULTURE IS…
Shared
Culture is made up of groups of people. Everyone shares accountability for its development and practice. Everyone, at every level of the organisation, needs to feel a part of driving the change and understand what’s expected of them in how they can do that.
Communicated
Effective change requires a common language that everyone understands, with shared definition and understanding of expectations, to be able to work collaboratively and exercise the values of the culture you build together.
Learned
Outside work we learn our culture through our parents and the people around us. The accountability for crafting and learning a culture, and keeping it alive, belongs to the group of people within it. For people new to that culture they need support and spaces with guided practice to provide opportunity to gather feedback as to how they can improve or celebrate where they are contributing positively to it.
Adaptive
Culture evolves over time to stay alive and ensure we are meeting our employee and clients needs. Its important we have the opportunity to build on the new culture over a period of time together to meet changing business needs.
Dynamic
Culture isn't flat and cant simply exist on a piece of paper, it has to live and breathe and be demonstrable, this is often where many organisations fall down as they create a set of values that they just expect people to live and work by, but never track or measure whether tangible behaviours that represent those values are being exercised.
Our cultural change programme.
A change in how you work and make decisions together needs support and mechanisms to help keep you on track. Our cultural change program is designed to connect the organisation to the change in a positive way. Equipping everyone from management to apprentices to harness the opportunity in change.
Change mindset
A program that begins with helping everyone understand the impact of change and how we all feel and experience it.
Shared organisational behaviours
Developing a common language that everyone understands with shared definition and understanding to be able to work collaboratively and exercise the values of the culture built together.
Leadership principles
Working with the leadership community to help them understand how they can practically support their teams in creating an environment where those behaviours can be brought to life ensures accountability for the change at every level of the organisation
Coaching mindset
Arming leaders with skills that support the wider teams to practice and perfect through coaching and mentoring
Reward & celebrate success
Linking performance systems and values to successful change with spaces to celebrate success.
As humans, change is in our DNA.
We continue to evolve, the art is in harnessing the opportunities that change brings, and supporting others around us to adapt too.
Find out about how you can support your people through the change with our workshops for career & personal development.