The key to culture change? It's the rules of belonging.
The key to culture change? It's the rules of belonging.
The key to culture change? It's the rules of belonging.
Spoiler alert: Maslow was wrong. Belonging is more important to humans than food, water or shelter - with profound implications for changing organisational culture.
The world has changed fundamentally in the last ten years and dramatically in the last six months. Organisational culture has become an essential focus for senior executives, middle managers and people leaders of all kinds. If we can’t get our people aligned and passionate about our customers and our purpose, we’re simply not going to be able to compete.
The key to changing organisational culture is this: humans want to belong. They want to belong so much they’re willing to do almost anything to ensure they do. When joining a new organisation, they figure out what is successful behaviour in their new group and slowly adopt that behaviour as their own.
That’s why an organisation’s culture is so 'sticky' and can be hard to change. If you want to change your culture, you need to change the rules of belonging.
Designed for people leaders and team members who want to co-create their culture - and have a laugh along the way.
What does your culture need from you?
The key to culture change? It's the rules of belonging.
The key to culture change? It's the rules of belonging.
Your employee culture will give you anything you want, as long as you give it what it needs first.
Though it might not be obvious, there are actually two cultures in your organisation. An employee culture and a management culture. No matter how well-loved, respected or trusted your leaders are, they're not part of the employee culture.
Your employee culture has two priorities, first survival and then psychological safety. If leaders give it what it needs to achieve them, it will give them anything they ask. If they don’t, it will spend all its time trying to earn them and focus only on how to please internal leaders instead of how to please external customers.
Without psychological safety, the employee culture won’t come up with the innovative ideas that are critical to future-proofing your organisation. And no amount of kick-offs, roll-outs or town hall inspiration sessions will change that.
Designed for people leaders and team members who want to understand how to pro-actively manage and change their culture - and have a laugh along the way.
