{"id":4434,"date":"2024-05-14T12:41:58","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T16:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/4forward.com\/?p=4434"},"modified":"2024-06-27T20:55:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T00:55:55","slug":"shaping-workplace-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4forward.com\/2024\/05\/14\/shaping-workplace-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Workplace Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

C<\/span>ulture affects every aspect of your organization\u2019s functioning \u2013 from individual employee engagement to teamwork to program management to overall results.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, as leaders we get so caught up in meetings, daily operations, and short-term firefighting it\u2019s easy to forget that all these actions are wrapped up in our organization\u2019s culture.<\/p>\n

In his article Closing the Massive Gaps between Culture Awareness, Education and Action<\/a>, Tim Kuppler notes that most organizations fail to connect culture and strategy. He says most strategies are predetermined by culture in ways leaders don\u2019t realize. Excellent strategies can be torpedoed by culture, yet leaders usually don\u2019t realize the saboteur, and may instead blame others, or circumstances.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf you get the values and culture right, success will happen.\u201d \u2013Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Successful Company Culture<\/h2>\n

So how do we ensure our workplace culture supports our organization\u2019s success? In the TEDx presentation Creating Organizational Cultures Based on Values, Ann Rhoades, a leading expert on building values-based organizations, identifies what high-performing, values-based organizations do very well:<\/p>\n