Priority Thinking Application Series

Organizational Culture  

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Organizational Culture

"Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something."
                                                  
 ~ Hans Magnus Enzensberger

At the Institute 4 Priority thinking, we believe that the recent slew of cases of corporate misconduct can be explained as a problem of priorities . . . . Cultural Priorities.  It's an obvious truth that the actions and behaviors of the members of an organization are strongly correlated with the priorities encouraged by that organization?s culture. Whether they are explicitly stated or implicit in the rules, processes or behaviors of the organization?s leadership, Cultural Priorities reverberate through the actions of members at every level of responsibility, and in every facet of operations.  Yet many corporate and organizational leaders ignore this reality and turn their focus to the more technical, quantitative elements of their job.  The Organizational Culture series was designed to help leaders to understand the importance of culture, and to provide them with a framework for sound cultural stewardship.

Series Objective:
To introduce corporate and organizational leaders to an intuitive framework for recognizing, practicing and embedding sound priorities in an organization's culture to generate sustained high-performance and improved ethical decision-making.

Course Modules Include (but are not limited to):
? Introduction to Priority Thinking
? What is Corporate Culture?
? The Daily Operating Priorities
? Ethics and Corporate Culture
? The Behavioral Priorities
? Cultural Leadership

What is Culture?

While many complex definitions and models may exist, we believe that the Culture is most easily understood as the way people think and things get done around the organization. Such a simple definition forces a focus on the critical role of Culture ? aligning the way people think and act with the true mission of the organization.

 

Audiences & Formats

We have developed applications of this series for the following audiences:
     Middle Managers
     Senior Executives    
This series is available in the following formats:
     Live Group Training
(on-site*)
     Distance Learning

* Our Priority Poller? is available for use with all of our on-site training.

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