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Sep 01, 2023
The Culture Series: Which of these descriptors describes your organization?
Does culture matter in an organization? Contrast the elements of good culture against dysfunctional culture below and ask yourself, which kind of culture do I want to be a part of? Then ask yourself how many elements of healthy culture are true of your organization.
Healthy Culture Dysfunctional Culture
I am appreciated I feel used
Jan 31, 2023
What is growing in the petri dish of your organization's culture?
Organizational culture and what it looks like is a critical component of any for-profit or not-for-profit enterprise. And you can be sure that your culture is growing either health or dishealth that will impact your organization. In fact, Culture is never neutral. It either contributes to a healthy organization or creates dysfunction and frustration. With culture, there is no neutral ground.
Ever...
Feb 28, 2019
Ten marks of healthy organizational cultures
What makes for a healthy ministry organization? Having worked in a few and led a few I would suggest that there are some clear markers that we should look for when exploring a ministry job – and which we should work toward if we are in leadership of a ministry organization. Each of these markers – their presence or their absence – will make a difference in the health of the ministry and the...
Feb 21, 2019
The key to accountability is an open organizational culture
Every leader says they desire a culture of accountability. The proof of their commitment is whether or not they create an open organizational culture. Closed cultures where leaders control information, what can be discussed or are defensive when challenged destroy accountability. Open cultures by definition encourage accountability.
There is a direct correlation between leaders who create closed...
Apr 17, 2018
Five factors that can create greater employee satisfaction
Every organization says that people are their greatest asset but not all invest the effort to ensure that their work culture and practices are designed to provide employee satisfaction. In some cases, this is not even a priority which indicates that a stated value is also a neglected value.When this is the case employees become cynical and discouraged rather than loyal and engaged. In fact, the...
Apr 10, 2018
Emotional Intelligence and it's correlation with organizational culture.
It is a given that the Emotional Intelligence of an organization is the sum of the EQ of its members. In other words, the organization's EQ reflects the general emotional health of its people. When I ask people about the culture of their workplace, they can quickly identify the positive and the negative aspects of their organization. What they often don't realize is that they are describing the EQ...
Apr 04, 2018
Leaders: the culture of your team or organization cannot be delegated
Every organization, every church, has a culture and the health of that culture is the responsibility of the senior leaders. If it is a healthy culture it is probably because leaders intentionally created it. If it is unhealthy it is probably because leadership has not made it a priority.
Sadly, many leaders do not understand how important the culture of the organization is and the impact it has on...
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