Changing organizational culture
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Five triggers for culture change?
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Poor performance, merger/acquisition, new leadership, external changes (tech, regulation), ethical crisis.
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Performance, merger, leader, external, crisis
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Methods: leadership modelling, recruitment, rewards, ___, ___
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Communication and training — all must reinforce the new culture consistently.
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Communication + training
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Five methods to change culture?
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Leadership modelling, new recruitment, revised rewards, clear communication, training. And patience.
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Model, recruit, reward, communicate, train
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Culture change is often ___ by employees
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Resisted — people are comfortable with familiar ways of working.
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Resisted
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'Walk the talk' means ___
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Leadership must model the new values — employees follow what leaders DO, not just what they say.
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Leaders model values
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Culture change takes ___, not ___
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Years; months — consistent, long-term commitment is essential.
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Years, not months
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