Cultivate and Nurture Your Organization Culture

The performance of your people and organization is contingent on the quality of your culture. Organizational culture facilitates the achievement of your organization’s strategic objectives, attracts the right employees, and has mechanism to jettison those employees who may not fit in. Organizational culture often mirrors the organization’s core values and directly reflects the organization’s leadership. Organizational culture is the collection of beliefs, values and methods of interaction that create the environment of your organization. This culture encompasses the foundational values of a company or business. It also reflects your organization’s expectations and philosophy and the experiences of the employees and leaders within it. Organizational culture includes your organization’s expectations, experiences, philosophy, as well as the values that guide employee behavior, and is expressed in employee self-image, inner workings, and interactions with the outside world. Is your current organizational culture enabling your results or is it stifling your current performance? Great cultures retain top talent, enhance the employee and customer experience, make working in the organization a great place to be and grow. With a great culture, you can become an employer of choice and achieve your organization’s strategic imperative. When your people are thrilled to come to work every day, give their very best, feel psychologically safe to contribute, then you are doing something right. I present a few nuggets on cultivating and nurturing your organization culture. Have a fantastic week.