Welcome to my new blog where I aim to stimulate some interesting discussion and debate around leadership development, management development and business coaching in general. I’m going to kick off with Organisational Culture as this is something we’ve been heavily involved with over the last few weeks.
First things first, why would a business want to assess its organisational culture? Well, typically the businesses that come to us have recently undergone a period of change and are now trying to refocus on the behaviours and culture that will drive success into their new structure: there is a massive amount of research indicating that successful businesses consciously manage their desired culture.
Although this is not a new concept in the business arena it does seem that many businesses leave their culture to chance. We firmly believe that there are many tangible benefits in terms of increasing employee engagement and alignment. There are some businesses that have demonstrated a close link between their culture and their business success. Feel free to read an overview of our approach to Organisational Culture on our website. In the coming months, as we progress our assignments we will be adding case studies of the work that we do and also feedback from our clients.
In the meantime, I am looking for case studies of businesses and leaders who actively manage their corporate culture if you can help please post a comment with a link to your research or contact me directly through the website .I hope to be able to analyse these (alongside our own experiences) and write a summary report. I will happily send anyone who contributes a copy of our report. I look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks
Kim,
Tags: Business Coaching, Leadership Development, Management Development, organisational culture