Are you managing your culture?

Conventional wisdom suggests that culture follows strategy. The dilemma: in a world where strategy is persistently under attack “the plan” has to be constantly revisited. The new dictum: culture enables strategy. What endures, what provides the platform for growth, what shapes future performance, what enables different strategic scenarios to unfold, is culture. Our own research – and that of others – suggests that only 20% of organisations manage their culture. Power moves into a vacuum. If you are not managing your culture someone else is! Meanwhile, if you are not measuring culture ... you are not managing it!

The following questions explore culture in your organisation. In particular, the assessment explores two critical questions: How strong is the culture? To what extent does the culture support organisational agility? Take the Assessment for more insight...