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Challenge
A multinational company was one year through a two year culture
change exercise with project expenditure to date of US $12m. Leaders were beginning to question the value of
the project, particularly the impact of the leadership training that formed the main part of the culture
change intervention.
Application
The company’s target values were used to build a set of action
statements and all employees reviewed each other against these action statements every 2 weeks.Changes in
engagement and workplace values scores were used to assess the impact of the cultural interventions by
measuring before and after changes
Results
Individual — Employees were empowered to play their
part in cultural evolution, instead of just relying on management. Individuals learned the cultural language
needed to thrive.
Managers — Managers assessed how their team’s day-to- day behaviors
related to company’s cultural values. Managers focused on feedback on consistent data - not
observations.
Leadership —Focussing on specific cultural challenges and direct
digital dissemination has decreased spend on leadership training by 68%. A dynamic approach to culture led to
a 12% increase in the company’s “Culture Score” over 18 months.