This document provides an overview of culture and cultural change in organizations. It defines key terms like culture, organizational culture, and workplace culture. It also discusses dimensions of organizational culture, imperatives for addressing culture, categories of cultural issues, and frameworks for cultural evolution and change. The document also covers topics like leadership and sustainability during culture change, building a culture of continuous improvement, recruitment and culture, creating inclusive workplace cultures, and developing high performance organizational cultures.
3. Intro - London HR and Training
• London HR and Training is a specialist human
resources and training consultancy headed by Timothy
Holden
• 10 years in banking
• 20 years in training and human resources
• Business owner since 2007
• The core services provided by London HR and Training
are:
- Reducing costs and saving time through bespoke HR
initiatives and projects
- Training course design and delivery
- Services for job seekers
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4. Contents
5-6 Definitions
7-9 Aspects of culture
10-11 Dimensions of organisational culture
12-14 Imperatives when addressing culture
15-16 Categories of cultural issues
17-18 A culture evolution framework
19-21 Leadership sustainability and culture change
22-25 Building a culture of continuous improvement
26-28 Recruitment and culture
29-30 Small businesses and culture
31-32 Creating a fair and inclusive workplace culture
33-34 Culture traps and realities
35-38 Multipliers and diminishers
39-40 Making the organisation’s culture great
41-44 A high performance organisational culture
45-46 Factors shaping CSR’s future
47-48 Exercise
49-50 To sum up…
13. Imperatives when addressing
culture 1 of 2
• The existing culture can be a
powerful source of energy and
influence for behaviour change
• If you don’t have to overhaul or
replace a culture, don’t!
• Start with changing behaviours, not
mind-sets
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14. Imperatives when addressing
culture 2 of 2
• Focus on changing only the few critical
behaviours at different levels within key
populations
• Use cross-organisational methods to
motivate behaviour change, not just
formal top-down programmatic methods
• Mobilize both rational and emotional
forces to reinforce the new values and
behaviour patterns and achieve lasting
change
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18. A culture evolution framework
• Culture from and to
• Identify critical behaviours and key
influencers
• Formal and informal levers
• The culture evolution programme
• Measure progress
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20. Leadership sustainability and
culture change 1 of 2
• Definition of leadership sustainability
• A culture shift
• Questions to ask when embarking in
cultural change
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23. Building a culture of continuous
improvement 1 of 3
• Principles of continuous
improvement
• What is LEAN?
• The goal of LEAN
• The key to LEAN improvement
• Types of issues
• Performance and time
• LEAN management
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24. Building a culture of continuous
improvement 2 of 3
• Accountability and coaching
• Gemba
• Structured problem solving
• Root cause analysis
• Visual management
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25. Building a culture of continuous
improvement 3 of 3
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Plan
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Act
27. Recruitment and culture 1 of 2
• How to get it right
• Methods of encouraging applications
from the widest possible pool
• A statement about culture
• Example job description
• Purposes of a job description
• Example person specification
• Protected characteristics in law
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28. Recruitment and culture 2 of 2
• Shortlisting interview candidates
• Purposes of interviews
• How to interview effectively
• Keeping records
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30. Small businesses and culture
• Ways that small businesses feel
company culture positively impacts
upon them
• Areas that need improvement
• The physical workplace
• Wellbeing
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32. Creating a fair and inclusive
workplace culture
• Policies
• Health and safety
• Communication
• Presenteeism
• Networking
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Retention
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34. Culture traps and realities
• Blame the leader
• The devil made me do it
• Culture is the soft side of the
organisation
• Black cloud to white cloud
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40. Making the organisation’s
culture great
• Assign an owner
• Make it personal
• Communicate your mission
• Empowerment and a sense of
freedom
• Prioritize and focus
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42. A positive workplace culture
1 of 3
Components
• Open and honest communication
• Rewards and recognition
• Trust, respect and fairness
• Learning and development
• Teamwork and involvement
• Work-life balance
• Coaching and feedback
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43. A positive workplace culture
2 of 3
Steps to be taken
• Start with you
• Build on core values
• Recruit, reward and retain the best
• Bring out the inner genius of those
people
• Invoke the no-twit rule
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44. A positive workplace culture
3 of 3
Steps to be taken (cont.)
• Integrity drives ethical conduct
• Listen generously
• Civility always, everywhere, everyone
• Enhance your behavioural repertoire
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