At the Chick-fil-A Leadercast conference last week, Pat Lencioni identified 4 keys to a healthy organizational culture. Like so many other tips, they are easy to understand and accept, but they can be so hard to execute. Pat says the keys to a healthy organizational culture:
- A cohesive leadership team, which is comprised of a group of people demonstrating mutual…:
- trust
- vulnerability
- truth
- A great sense of clarity of purpose through an ability to answer the questions…:
- Why do we exist
- What do we do
- How do we behave
- What does each person sitting around the leadership table have to do to accomplish the organization’s goals this year
- Over-communication
- Leadership owns the responsibility to communicate consistently, often, and with clarity. It helps keep everyone on the same page and helps others with decision-making
- See above item
- Put Structure in place to reinforce clarity and desired performance
- Compensations system-reward the right behaviors and results
- How you hire-fire-promote must support your key message and culture
- Performance reviews processes and metrics
- Simple structure versus a strict complex one…Institutionalize without bureaucratizing.
For a few of my thoughts on a healthy culture, read here, here, here, and here. Then, call me. Let me know what you think.
in my opinion, Trust in each other is vitally important in a cohesive leadership team. As well as honesty to. if there is no trust then every one is vulnerable to a train wreck and fall of team. Given the stated purpose, I believe “why do we exist” and where are we going ? should be addressed. I think everyone should know their responsibilities and talk about how each member can contribute to the call of action. Any leadership needs structure..rules to follow and someone who can keep group intact without bending rules. I would say a bottom up hierarchy with a mode of change. Fuller addresses change and how change should be implemented.
Thanks I agree with you. In fact, I’d suggest any new leadership team (or, any team needing a reboot) might benefit tremendously from a retreat solely covering these four items…
in my opinion, Trust in each other is vitally important in a cohesive leadership team. As well as honesty to. if there is no trust then every one is vulnerable to a train wreck and fall of team. Given the stated purpose, I believe “why do we exist” and where are we going ? should be addressed. I think everyone should know their responsibilities and talk about how each member can contribute to the call of action. Any leadership needs structure..rules to follow and someone who can keep group intact without bending rules. I would say a bottom up hierarchy with a mode of change. Fuller addresses change and how change should be implemented.
Thanks I agree with you. In fact, I’d suggest any new leadership team (or, any team needing a reboot) might benefit tremendously from a retreat solely covering these four items…