Culture 101
This is what we call the shared values and beliefs in a company.
Hint: think simple
What is culture?
A company with lots of new ideas and creativity has this kind of culture
What is an innovative culture?
Culture often starts with the founder’s values and [THIS] outside influence
What are industry demands?
The first thing a company should do to start culture change
Hint: Create a sense of ____
What is create a sense of urgency?
These are the things you can see about a company’s culture, like their office design or dress code
Hint: we went around the CCB to find these physical items
What are artifacts?
This kind of culture is all about winning and beating the competition
Hint: Sports chant that goes "Be ___, B-E ___"
What is an aggressive culture?
This concept tells us companies hire people who fit in. People who don’t fit in usually leave.
Hint: 3 letter acronym starting with "A"
What is attraction-selection-attrition (ASA)?
When leaders act the way they want everyone else to act. Another way to say "setting an example."
Hint: Modern musician who sings "Oh Gemini"
What is role modeling?
These are the company’s rules and goals that people know and agree on.
What are values?
This culture cares a lot about doing things very carefully and correctly, paying attention to the details
What is a detail-oriented culture?
The three things new employees need to feel when starting a job (3 C's).
What are clarity, confidence, and connection?
Changing [THIS] can help reward the right behavior.
What is the reward system?
These are the beliefs people have without even thinking about them.
What are assumptions?
A smaller group inside the company that has its own way of doing things.
What is a subculture?
Parties, meetings, or habits that show off the company’s values.
What are rituals?
At General Motors, they focused on the dress code when they should have done [THIS LARGE SCALE CHANGE] instead
What is changing the whole company structure?