Culture-driven Leadership Can Sustain Enterprises During Tough Times

In tough times, like many leaders are facing today, effectively lead organizations will actually gain ground on their competitors. They accomplish this by totally engaging their associates in acceptance of their situation. These effective leaders then totally engage their associates in the development of strategies and priorities to work their way out of their situation as quickly as possible.

These organizations almost always have three distinctive clarities:

• Clarity of Direction (Where are we going?)

• Clarity of Structure (Who is doing what?)

• Clarity of Measurement (How will we know we are succeeding?)
We find these clarities in place at every level of the enterprise. This is why I am so emphatic about the importance of subcultural leadership (subsidiaries, divisions, departments and teams). When I work with organizations to bring about cultural renewal, I insist that we focus on subcultural leadership training and finding ways to hold each of these subcultural leaders responsible for effective cultural leadership, building organizations that:

• Consistently produce outstanding bottom-line results

• Attract, motivate and retain top talent

• Readily adapt to changing conditions
Give me a call to discuss how we can might work together to build more effective subcultures in your organization, leading to an overarching enterprise-wide culture that lives up to its true potential.