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…
One of the greatest impediments to successfully executing a strategic plan is the organization’s culture. If the two are not aligned, success is elusive at best. However, successful organizations have “cracked the code” and have become purposeful in aligning their unique culture to their strategy. They have taken culture out of the shadows, crystallized their…
DISCOVER ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Creating a Unified Voice Senior leaders, try as they may, do not have eyes and ears in every department or team. This means what a leader may identify as a priority for transformation, or as an effective leader, team members may not agree. This leads to strategies and processes that may…
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 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…
