Many leaders recognize that certain cultures are more supportive in improving the functionality of their organization. They often struggle with how to measure and improve their culture. We are certified in the use of a high quality organizational culture survey tool to assist in that work as well as a way to link organizational culture to tangible bottom-line performance measures such as:

Our survey tool is based on over 15 years of research involving the study of the cultures of high and low-performing organizations. Four culture traits have a significant impact on organizational performance:

• Involvement: Building human capability, ownership, and responsibility.
• Consistency: Defining the values and the organization's systems that are the basis of a strong culture.
• Adaptability: Translating the demands of the business environment into action.
• Mission: Defining a meaningful long-term direction for the organization.

These traits are displayed in the graphic.

Traditionally, organizational culture survey results have been difficult to link back to the business. Our application of the culture survey translates difficult to understand behavioral concepts about organizational culture into tangible everyday business action and strategies. This enables leaders, key stakeholders, and employees of all levels to understand the impact their culture has on the organization's performance and learn how to redirect their culture to improve organizational effectiveness.

Individual surveys are collectively tabulated into a graphic profile that compares your organization's culture to that of higher and lower-performing organizations. Repeated use of the culture survey provides a measure of the organization's progress toward achieving a high performance culture. The survey and the prescriptive suggestions are written in easily understood business terms making it a powerful and user-friendly tool.

Applications:

• Benchmark your organization's culture to other cultures in higher and lower-performing organizations
• Administer the survey to various departments and workgroups to examine sub-cultures within the organization
• Measure an organization's existing culture and predict its impact on performance
• Implement suggested action steps for tangible performance improvement
• Help manage the successful transition of mergers and acquisitions

The outcome is an understanding of your organizational culture and how to facilitate improvements that improve overall performance.

Please click here to learn more about our Organizational Culture Survey and its use.