culture road map
Research continues to restate the dilemma that leaders face: how to make sustained change happen. In 2008 the Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a survey and interviewed 600 global leaders about change and business transformation. 58% of the respondents said that over the past five years, half or fewer of their change initiatives have been successful. For the U.S., the participant experience was worse with 75% stating that half or fewer of their change initiatives have been successful. The most frequently cited barrier was winning over the hearts and minds of employees at all levels (51%). Management buy-in (31%) and cultural issues (27%) were featured as major barriers. However, culture was clearly identified as a factor that significantly complicated these barriers to change.
Complex change initiatives are challenging and risky. To achieve and sustain change, culture must be an integral part of strategic change planning. Whether the focus is innovation, productivity, agility, collaboration, customer loyalty, patient satisfaction or other strategic outcomes, the levers for shaping culture need to be known by all leaders and new practices, beliefs and norms of behaviors embedded for sustained change.
We can help you gain deep insights into the patterns and dynamics of your culture and how they can be shaped to support new strategies and goals. Too often what is missing is a practical Culture Roadmap that leaders across the organization own and implement to build enterprise-wide cultural capacities. Our five-phase Culture Roadmap process - Envision, Evaluate, Explore, Expand and Embrace - will help you achieve culture-strategy fit that sticks.
Envision & Evaluate: Insights, Levers and Priorities
Explore & Expand: Culture Roadmap Developed and Implemented
Embrace: Culture Alignment Sustained
