Using Culture Champions to Implement and Sustain Culture Change You have done the work to identify what changes to your strategy and culture your organization needs to meet your strategic goals; now you are faced with how to get there. My experience with strategy and culture alignment has shown that one of…
Change in Leadership: SSOE The Company SSOE is a professional engineering, architectural, and construction management firm with projects in more than 40 countries. Starting in 1948, SSOE has grown into a top 10 firm with about 1,000 employees across 20+ locations in 6 countries. It has earned a reputation for high quality delivery…
Don’t Build Your Company Culture – Manage It! If you have an interest in Organizational Development and related topics, you’ve probably noticed an uptick in articles on “How to build a great company culture in # simple steps!”. The promise is that by following those steps, you’ll make your organization’s culture…
What is culture? When you think of organizational culture, what comes to mind? Most people respond to this question by stating that culture is “the vibe around the office” or “how people treat each other”. Some talk about pizza parties and vacation policy, and still others try to be specific by…
The Golden Ticket Think of your last vacation. Before the pool side margaritas, you bought a ticket. And there weren’t only the 18 holes that came along with it. There were specific rates, options for foreign countries, different fees for different airports, you could change or cancel a ticket; all with just a few…
The Company Everyone knows a Kane County. On the edge of Chicago, Kane marries the rural and city worlds. The county contains the cities of Aurora, Batavia, Elgin, Geneva and surrounding communities. The health department of Kane has a vast array of responsibilities ranging from the oversight of schools for nutrition implementation, to working…
The Company Kaleida Health may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of New York.However, with its five hospitals, 96 clinics, and one million annual patients, we thought there was something in the Big Apple for us to sink our teeth into. Kaleida is the largest health care provider in western…
The Situation According to the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), eighty five percent of mergers and acquisitions fail. Why is this? Strategies and financial data of merging companies are thoroughly researched, but culture is rarely brought to the table. As a result, these perfectly planned strategies become stagnated by competing cultures. In 2014, the Arizona…
Trust is at the heart of employee engagement, productivity, creativity and sustainable business as a whole. When employees feel they can trust their organization and their leaders, it’s easier for them to also feel aligned to the company’s mission, its products and their work. Building and maintaining trust starts with leaders. Leaders who aren’t…
Change Management Our world is changing every day and it is up to each organization to evolve and grow if it is to remain competitive and survive. Most organizations have very good intentions when it comes to change; they strategize, conduct assessments and identify focal points. However, these same organizations often times end up with…