A culture that mobilizes, empowers and engages employees has probably never been more important. Most organizations pursue the aspiration but fail to deliver in reality.
In this webinar, learn how to help organizations move from good intentions to actively creating their ideal culture. We will:
Identify the steps required to define the desired organizational culture
Find out how to spot the behaviors that can undermine an organization's efforts
Explore what research can tell us about effective (and ineffective) leadership and its impact on organizational culture
Discuss practical strategies for making and measuring culture change in the real w
2. Host
Lucy Sullivan
Head of Marketing, MRG
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3. Management Research Group is a global
leader in designing assessments that
foster a deep self-awareness and impact
people in profound and meaningful ways
with solutions for Leadership, Personal
Development, Sales and Service.
MRG conducts extensive research on
effective leadership behaviour,
leveraging a database of more than 1.2
million assessment participants.
David Ringwood
VP of Client Development EMEA
MRG
4. Agenda: Shaping Organisational Culture
CONCEPT
⢠Understanding the
fundamentals of
organizational
culture
PRACTICE
⢠What research tells
us about effective
leadership culture
REALITY
⢠Measuring what is
really happening in
the organization,
and identifying
areas and types of
cultural change
5. Poll: How big a priority is managing organizational culture?
How important is it to your organizations (or your clientsâ organizations) to define and
actively manage the culture of their organization?
A. Not a big priority
B. Of growing importance
C. Becoming a major consideration
D. Mission critical
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Organizational Culture
CONCEPT
Understanding the
fundamentals of
organizational
culture
8. CONCEPT
PRACTICE
REALITY
Where is the organization on their journey?
Clear about
cultural values &
what they
contribute
Live out those
cultural values on
a day-to-day basis
Have processes to
reward, reinforce &
measure
10. THE TRENDS
Areas of
growing
emphasis,
especially in
enterprise
cultures...
Bottom-up, experiential (not intellectual) models
of culture
Core values, mindsets and behaviors being central
to the model
Clarity and commitment about whatâs in/out
Understanding individuals better and more deeply
Embracing behavioral diversity
Community and collective decision making
Where to begin?
11. Where to begin?
âŚwhich implies that greatest value (for today) is in exploring:
âŚand the language we need to describe them.
MINDSETS
VALUESBEHAVIORS
12. ⢠Entrepreneurial mindset
⢠Never give up mentality
⢠Innovative mindset
⢠Intellectually curious mindset
⢠Competitive mindset
⢠Glass half full mindset
⢠Glass half empty mindset
⢠Say it as it is mentality
⢠My way or the highway mindset
⢠Conservative mindset
⢠People come first mindset
⢠Courageous mindset
⢠Bureaucratic mentality
⢠Customer is always right mentality
⢠Collegiate mentality
⢠Donât rock the boat mentality
⢠Individualist mindset
⢠Never good enough mentality
⢠Customer first mindset
⢠No-nonsense mentality
⢠Growth mindset
⢠Corporate mentality
⢠Reflective mindset
⢠Pragmatist mindset
High-level cultural mindsets
13. High-level cultural descriptors
⢠An enterprise culture
⢠An innovation culture
⢠An âup or outâ culture
⢠A high performance culture
⢠A safety culture
⢠A mission-led culture
⢠An inclusive culture
⢠A quality-led culture
⢠A learning culture
⢠A growth culture
⢠A people culture
Choosing 2 or 3 priorities from the list
above, write a sentence or very short
paragraph that captures your vision of the
ideal culture.
âŚbut bear two things in mindâŚ.
14. What do you want people to be most inspired by?
What do you want people to be most challenged by?
What values do you want people to really embrace?
How do you want your employees to describe their
organisational culture?
Define ideal cultural components
15. What are you no longer prepared to tolerate?
What is not acceptable in your culture?
How willing are you to challenge counter-cultural behaviour?
What does this mean for the role model aspect of leadership?
Think of examples that have or would impact team performance,
customer experience or employee engagement
Dealing with cultural derailers
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Organizational Culture
PRACTICE
What research tells
us about effective
leadership culture
18. 22 Leadership Behaviors
Specific, discrete, observable
actions
Example:
Feedback â Providing specific and
direct reaction to othersâ
thoughts, ideas, actions and
performance
LEA 360â˘: the Leadership Effectiveness Analysis
A multi-rater leadership assessment used in more than 60 countries, with more than 1
million total participants from around the world.
31 Leadership Competencies
A set of several behaviors used
effectively in combination to deliver a
certain outcome
Example:
Ability to develop people (i.e., allows room
for mistakes, stimulates growth,
challenges positively, delegates authority)
19. Managing Diversity: Effective Leadership Behaviors
Higher Emphasis on
Lower Emphasis on
MRG study of 28,291 global leaders who
completed the LEA 360⢠between 2007-
2017
20. Entrepreneurial Culture: What to Expect
Higher Emphasis on
Lower Emphasis on
MRG study of 467 global leaders who
completed the LEA 360⢠between 2001-
2019
21. Employee Engagement: Effective Leadership Behaviors
Higher Emphasis on
Lower Emphasis on
MRG study of 18,140 global entrepreneurs
who completed the LEA 360⢠between
2015-2020
22. The Cultural Balancing Act:
Results vs. Relationships
MRG study of 17,717 leaders in U.S.,
Canada, Australia & the U.K. who completed
the LEA 360⢠between 2014-2019
23. What percentage of leaders rank in the
TOP THIRD for BOTH Relationships & Results?
0.41%
24. What percentage of leaders rank in the
TOP HALF for BOTH Relationships & Results?
3.37%
25. Neural See-Saw Social by Matthew Lieberman
⢠Self-Awareness
⢠Collaboration
⢠Communication
⢠Authenticity
⢠Trust
⢠Complex Thinking Abilities
⢠Learning Agility and Speed
⢠Broad Knowledge
Why is it difficult for leaders to be both?
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Organizational Culture
REALITY
Measuring what is really
happening in the
organization, and identifying
areas and types of cultural
change
34. Poll: Whatâs happening in practice?
How much is your organization (or your clientâs organization) actively doing to influence
or manage organizational culture?
A. They havenât yet defined what they want
B. There is a plan in place, but itâs not yet active
C. Plans are being implemented
D. They have done culture work and are regularly evaluating and re-evaluating
35. Which behaviors capture the essence of the desired culture?
CREATING A VISION
Conservative
Innovative
Technical
Self
Strategic
DEVELOPING
FOLLOWERSHIP
Persuasive
Outgoing
Excitement
Restraint
IMPLEMENTING
Tactical
Structuring
Communication
Delegation
FOLLOWING
THROUGH
Control
Feedback
ACHIEVING
RESULTS
Management Focus
Dominant
Production
TEAM
PLAYING
Cooperation
Consensual
Authority
Empathy
36. Reality: Actual vs. Desired Cultural Practices
Define priority
leadership practices
and derailers
(Strategic Directions)
1
37. Reality: Actual vs. Desired Cultural Practices
Measure actual
practices in the
organization
(Culture Audit)
2
38. Reality: Actual vs. Desired Cultural Practices
Consider practical and
actionable implications
for cultural change
(Developmental Practices)
3
39. Reinforcing Factors: How do we Maintain Culture?
Reward
Structures
Measuring
cultural
change
Employee
Recognition
Role model
aspects of
leadership
Performance
management
HRIS
Engagement
& experience
surveys
Development
beyond the
role
41. On the WayâŚ.
ďź Slides
ďź Recording
ďź Blog: Webinar Wrap-Up plus Q&A
ďź Resources
ď§ Coaching Crib Sheet: Shared Leadership
ď§ Research Summary: Who We Are and How We Lead
42. Upcoming Events with MRG
CertificationsWebinars
Tool Talk
LEA⢠Companion
Products: Strategic
Directions, Culture &
Role Expectations
Starts October 6
IDIâ˘
Starts October 1
Personal DirectionsÂŽ
Starts October 22
Motivation and Self-Regulation: How
Self-Awareness and Observation can
Increase our Inner Resilience
September 24
Discover the Individual Directions
Inventory⢠(IDI)
October 20
Registration for all events @ MRG.com
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