WHY YOU NEED CULTURE

WHY YOU NEED CULTURE

Every town has a culture. Every business has a culture. Every person has a habit. To know a person is to know their habits. Culture can tell you what a person is going to do and what they will not do. Culture tells you more about you than about them. It tells you what you should do to get to them. It can work for you or against you.

Leaders understand culture. They know it is a tool. Sometimes culture is the only thing they need to change to succeed. All the great "before and after" tales are stories of how leaders made a difference. To make culture work for you, carefully study the life and work habits of staff. Identify the habits that if changed could make a positive impact. Identify those that will take a long time to change. Start with those that will take a short time. Change may be gradual but it is also magical. The more you change, the more you change.

As you dismiss the old, remember you are only creating a new culture. Someday that culture may have to change. However, you need culture to drive today's success. Systems don't change people; people change systems. Culture changes people, but people can also change culture. You need culture to change the organization and succeed in business.

Allan