“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”
Organizational Realities
Every decision, every policy, every improvement, every team meeting, every new employee, and every leader’s approach impacts culture.
Organizations have been embracing process improvements, dealing with discipline, and introducing new products and services for years. The majority of these are done in silos. Embracing the inclusivity of culture enables an organization to deal with these ongoing challenges more holistically with a more predictable outcome.
Leadership Behaviours and Communication
Procedures, Processes and Practices
Individual beliefs, values and assumptions
The way work is performed
How teams work together
Organizational Realities
Every decision, every policy, every improvement, every team meeting, every new employee, and every leader’s approach impacts culture.
Leadership Behaviours and Communication
Procedures, Processes and Practices
Individual beliefs, values and assumptions
The way work is performed
How teams work together
Organizations have been embracing process improvements, dealing with discipline, and introducing new products and services for years. The majority of these are done in silos. Embracing the inclusivity of culture enables an organization to deal with these ongoing challenges more holistically with a more predictable outcome.
By the numbers…
- Over 75% of Mergers and Acquisitions continue to fail because of Culture issues.
- 82% of Fortune 500 Company Executives don’t believe that they recruit the right highly talented people.
- In February, 2025 Harvard conducted a study that indicated the average adult will spend 90,000 hours or one-third of their lives at work.
- The most significant consideration on that individual’s personal well-being is workplace culture.
- That companies with more positive/healthy workplace cultures have higher average annual returns.
- Research shows that employees who feel connected to their organization’s culture are 4X more likely to be engaged at work and nearly 6X more likely to recommend their workplace to others.
By the numbers…
- Over 75% of Mergers and Acquisitions continue to fail because of Culture issues.
- 82% of Fortune 500 Company Executives don’t believe that they recruit the right highly talented people.
- In February, 2025 Harvard conducted a study that indicated the average adult will spend 90,000 hours or one-third of their lives at work.
- The most significant consideration on that individual’s personal well-being is workplace culture.
- That companies with more positive/healthy workplace cultures have higher average annual returns.
- Research shows that employees who feel connected to their organization’s culture are 4X more likely to be engaged at work and nearly 6X more likely to recommend their workplace to others.
Organizational needs
Having an understanding of culture and how it supports your organizational needs is imperative. Proactively harnessing culture will help:
- mitigate misalignment between planning and execution.
- mitigate the increasing cost of recruiting and turnover.
- mitigate the impact of multi-generational needs – Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z all have different cultural needs, with varying levels of tolerance by the different generations.
- mitigate the need to have an annual employee engagement survey.
Organizational needs
Having an understanding of culture and how it supports your organizational needs is imperative. Proactively harnessing culture will help:
- mitigate misalignment between planning and execution.
- mitigate the increasing cost of recruiting and turnover.
- mitigate the impact of multi-generational needs – Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z all have different cultural needs, with varying levels of tolerance by the different generations.
- mitigate the need to have an annual employee engagement survey.
Still not clear on the importance of culture ?
Proactive focus on culture is paramount
The “right” business outcome, for any organization, requires focus and attention to your culture.
This video case study tells the story of two companies that took very different approaches to culture.
Still not clear on the importance of culture ?
Proactive focus on culture is paramount
The “right” business outcome, for any organization, requires focus and attention to your culture.
This video case study tells the story of two companies that took very different approaches to culture.
Want to leverage culture more effectively?
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Want to leverage culture more effectively?
Our solutions page provides an in depth explanation on how we can address your needs.