Culture is really the strongest force in any environment. How do create a solid successful culture in your organization? – To create a good culture, identify the things you love and reinforce them. – Ask yourself: if we were starting over, what would be our core values? – Everyone has to be part of the … Read more
The culture should support the overall mission of the organization. A purposeful mission matched with a negative culture will never get off the ground. The culture – the attitudes and actions of individual players and their shared beliefs with others in the organization – is what really drives the effectiveness of the mission. Changing a … Read more
I’m all for mission statements. They help us clarify the basics of what we are trying to do. It helps us prune back areas that are bogging us down. And it keeps all the tentacles of any organization moving in the same direction. Something clicked however, when I visited the IKEA store in Chicago, IL. … Read more