Changing Organization Cultures: What is the Critical Element to Start?

      
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		            		Rebecca Roe
United States
			            
Changing Organization Cultures: What is the Critical Element to Start?

	          		When you study the political culture of a country for instance, USSR from Tsarist Russia it took a revolution to change a culture. The only thing that revolutionaries forget is the innate culture of people. It never goes away completely.

Same with corporate culture. If the change causes overall improvement for the majority, then the culture change will become the more permanent culture. If over time the changed culture becomes just as bad as the previous, then a new revolution will come and make another adjustment.

Some political idealogs will use subtle changes in making the culture change more tolerable to the masses. That takes lots of time and patience, and most don't want to take the time.
				      
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						            	Kuiper
Management Consultant, Netherlands
												
				                The Practical Side of Organization Culture

													On the practical side, I find it useful to have an explicit list of behavioural values, communicate and discuss these with employees and amend them if needed. Then, through 360 degree appraisal and performance coaching, check and reward employees who live up to the values and have tough talks with those who don't. That is all you have to do but be prepared to hold the course for a couple of years.
				                
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						            	Nokuthula Khumalo
Manager, South Africa
												
				                Shared Vision

													A shared vision is what makes changing organizational culture easy. If people within an organisation... Sign up
				              
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						            	Wiegmans
Business Consultant, Netherlands
												
				                Critical Element to Start in Changing Organization Cultures

													Any culture change program starts with creating, or already heaving, an outside 'enemy'. No organism... Sign up
				              
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						            	Nokuthula Khumalo
Manager, South Africa
												
				                What is the Critical Element to Start?

													@Wiegmans : People make or brake organisations as much as the companies' customer base is constitute... Sign up
				              
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						            	Wiegmans
Business Consultant, Netherlands
												
				                Psychological Conditioning

													An organization culture exist of shared beliefs, shared heroes, shared values. When you first start ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Rebecca Roe
United States
												
				                Critical Element to Start Organizational Change

													Yes it's challenging and may be hard, but if you truly believe in the worth of the change and you kn... Sign up
				              
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						            	Allemeersch Johan, Belgium
												
				                Wording

													I consider language or wording as important as all remarks above.
I mean we need to communicate the... Sign up
				              
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						            	Nokuthula Khumalo
Manager, South Africa
												
				                The Right Words on the Right Medium

													This is a very important factor in communicating with the employees and all other stakeholders and p... Sign up
				              
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						            	Rebecca Roe
United States
												
				                Wording and Word of Mouth

													Exactly--the person experiences the benefit, the next person says " this change is for xxtt" the fir... Sign up
				              
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						            	Olga Aros
Consultant, United States
												
				                Changing Cultures of an Organization: Intent

													Organizations change in order to continue to survive. Defining the intent so others understand the (... Sign up
				              
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						            	Horacio Cortese
Consultant, Argentina
												
				                Analysis of Rituals, Myths and Routines

													To change an individual mindset is already difficult, even more so is to change the collective minds... Sign up
				              
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						            	Olga Aros
Consultant, United States
												
				                Starting Organizational Changes

													Change is ever constant, but necessary if an organization is to grow. Defining why change is necessa... Sign up
				              
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						            	Rebecca Roe
United States
												
				                Changing Organizational Culture

													@Horacio Cortese: I agree-knowing your employees, their established work routines and the flow of wo... Sign up
				              
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						            	Jacqueline Gargiulo
United States
												
				                Four Dimensions of Culture

													My director and I have studied and are communicating to our organization about the four dimensions o... Sign up
				              
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						            	Anonymous
												
				                Caution with Picking One Element

													It’s true that you need to start somewhere if you are considering to change the culture of an organi... Sign up
				              
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						            	Paramathmuni srinivas Kumar
India
												
				                Starting Changing Organization Cultures with Heart of Delivery Mechanism

													If we consider the organization’s delivery system as a living entity, then it is best to start with ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Javier Elenes
Business Consultant, Mexico
												
				                A MIssion Worth to Pursue to Create MotivAction

													Start articulating, and then comunicating a MISSION WORTH TO PURSUE to create MotivAction (Yes Motiv... Sign up
				              
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						            	Pauline Oruya
Manager, Kenya
												
				                Begin Culture Change with the Stakeholders

													I would first bring all the stakeholders around a table and conduct a SWOT analysis of the  organiza... Sign up
				              
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						            	Maurice Hogarth
Consultant, United Kingdom
												
				                How to Get Ready for Culture Change. An Outline,

													People like change that is personally advantageous to them.
So think over how the current culture i... Sign up
				              
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						            	Tom Wilson
HR Consultant, United States
												
				                Start Culture Process with Mission Statement

													George Marshall introduced a philosophy of cultural enrichment in the Army in 1942 that continues to... Sign up
				              
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						            	Paramathmuni srinivas Kumar
India
												
				                Values and Priority of Values

													To me change at heart (values and spirit behind the values) level is most important.
However, with ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Alan Power
Consultant, United Kingdom
												
				                Start with Values, Then Change the Team

													Based on my personal experience of setting up a new company: It seemed to me that, as general manage... Sign up
				              
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						            	Tim Dibble
Project Manager, United States
												
				                Reasons for Changing a Culture

													Organizations change cultures for a variety of reasons:
- An EMERGENCY or major challenge to busine... Sign up
				              
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						            	Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
												
				                Where to Begin when Changing an EXISTING Organization Culture

													@Alan Power: You are right to say that the best thing you can do is - if you start and set up a new ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Rajesh Sharma
Manager, India
												
				                Changing Organizational Culture

													To ensure your decisions and actions are ethical you need to check their "rightness" before implemen... Sign up
				              
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						            	Matthias Bittrich
Business Consultant, Germany
												
				                Avoid Buzzword Bingo in Changing Organization Cultures

													Thank you in advance. "customer first" "we go the extra mile" bla bla bla...
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						            	Matthias Bittrich
Business Consultant, Germany
												
				                Build up a Dream Team and Culture from Scratch

													@Jaap de Jonge: Your arguments are true 😃. One should build up a dream team when you start a... Sign up
				              
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