Leadership Series IV: Organizational Culture
An organization is only as good as its culture—and building that culture is not only a role for the human resources (HR) department, but it is also every leader’s responsibility. As a leader of an organization, you can help make your organization a more supportive and engaging place to work by understanding the psychological processes that impact the ways employees interact. It is important to first define organizational culture. Do not confuse organizational culture with a company’s strategic goals, core values, mission, or vision. Culture is not merely about the press releases the company sends out explaining their positions on things. It is also not about benefits like casual dress codes, flexible working hours, and weekly happy hours. Culture is core values plus leadership behavior . A culture is created through consistent and authentic behaviors by leadership. In other words, a culture is when the leaders take the core values off the wall and live them. Organizational cultur