ELF14 Steve Simpson Session 3
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The document discusses the importance of workplace culture, emphasizing that winning teams do not engage in conflict and highlighting the detrimental effects of a fighting culture. It presents survey findings indicating a general sense of dissatisfaction regarding communication and management within organizations. The text calls for understanding key cultural attributes necessary for future success in teams.
ELF14 Steve Simpson Session 3
- 1. Cracking the culture code Welcome!! with Steve Simpson Copyright © 2014 Steve Simpson
- 2. Morals to the story? • Winning teams don’t fight, losing teams do • It’s much more fun (and less dangerous) to be in a winning team • ‘Fighting’ need not be physical - there are other ways to be at war • A fighting team won’t win - doesn’t matter how good the individual players are... • This wouldn’t happen in a great culture 0 25 50 75 100 20% or more 50% or more 80% or more 100% or more 9 24 56 96 3 21 58 92 4 19 40 91 Senior manager Middle manager Non-manager If the culture of your workplace was to become as good as it realistically could, how much improvement would there be on people's performance/productivity? Survey of 452 readers of ‘Cultural Intelligence’
- 3. At our meetings it isn’t worth complaining because nothing will get done The only time anyone get spoken to by the boss is when something is wrong
- 4. The organisation talks about the importance of service, but we know they don’t really mean it, so we don’t really have to worry about it Our funniest jokes usually involve making jokes about our work colleagues
- 5. We go through the motions with our bosses, once they’ve gone we do what we want
- 6. Hotel Adelphi... What are the Key Cultural Attributes (KCAs) we need in place to ensure our future success?