Corporate Culture Philosophy
For two decades, Corporate Culture Pros have partnered with companies such as Merck, Boeing, Schering Plough, Xerox, Avaya and dozens of entrepreneurs and non-profits to help them lead organizational culture change, and to link corporate culture specifically to management practices that drive high performance.
What does that mean?
Defining Corporate Culture
Corporate culture is defined as “Ways of working that either helps or hinders your strategy.”
It’s the practices that drive performance … or don’t.
What is our philosophy for organizational culture change?
Key points our clients told us mattered most:
- Alignment. We view culture change less as changing (eg, a personality, which is painful and difficult to change). We view it more as a process of aligning people to successful growth and performance.
- Results. A great corporate culture delivers high performance on its strategy consistently. Too often, change addresses strategy and structure, but not culture. We help build a road map to align cultures so they deliver great results.
- Happiness. A great organizational culture creates an environment where employees can do their best work, be creative, be happy. Happy employees are more productive. If you need proof of that you’re probably on the wrong website.
- No fluff. Culture is a measurable, replicable business process.
- Turnkey. Culture change can be the most rewarding change your organization can make, but is also often the toughest. We’ve honed our turnkey process over 12 years so you focus only on what works.
- It’s about YOU. If you want to change corporate culture, you have to be willing to change yourself. Most executives do not have the proper training to understand how to lead a wayward corporate culture back on track, and how to visibly demonstrate the key behaviors.
- No wolves, no hammers. We are not your typical consultants. An external consultant often comes into your system like the wolf in sheep’s clothing or a hammer seeking nails, assuming their “thing” is what you need and their answers are best. We have a proven process for changing organizational culture – but it’s a partnership. Unlike many consulting firms who say they work with culture change, we have been honing and developing this special expertise for 20 years.
- Our promise is to:
- Listen deeply and respond to what YOU need and want.
- Provide a clear process that expands and draws out YOUR ideas and wisdom.
- Help you define YOUR commitment and show you ways to make it come to life.
- Seek to help EVERY leader become a hero in leading culture change.
- Blend expertise and best practices from the best of nimble entrepreneurial company cultures with the disciplines and resources of the mature organization.
Our approaches are practical, measurable, and sustainable. Our uniqueness is a balanced approach of structured planning and “working in the moment” with whatever is happening and necessary to get your culture aligned with your strategy.
For our clients’ perspective see Testimonials