Ed Schein in The Corporate Culture Survival Guide identifies three aspects of Corporate Culture:
The Visible Artifacts
The Audible Espoused Values
The Invisible Tacit Assumptions
The measurement of the culture in many ways starts with a discussion of whether the artifacts and espoused values
in a given area are in synergy. If not,it is because some tacit assumptions are governing. This should then be discussed.
Since the key here is the discussion of the differences the emphasis is on the engagement that takes place,it cannot be measured
with a survey.
Throughout the process of The Learning Organisation engagement is key and therefore the first step of Personal Mastery looks
at the individual since the principle “you cannot give what you don’t have applies.
Aspects of Personal Mastery are:
Values and the key question what is the congruency with personal values and the espoused values?What are the core values which will not be sacrificed no matter what happens?A Ritual of self Leadership and the important lessons from the 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. are introduced.
Use of the JOHARI window reflecting on three different scenarios help to create the awareness of the Public Window and the size of it.
Have set the grounding and created the awareness of the level of engagement it is now appropriate to introduce aspects of communication and work on methods to improve this.
MENTAL MODELS
SYSTEMS THINKING
SHARED VISION
are all aspects that are used in a lot of detail to get all participants to engage. If this programme is done corporatively the level of engagement that is reached is quite amazing.
Finally,the road ahead has to be one where the engagement continues and where the aspects of Leadership teams are embodied. The speed of response to changes will be dictated to if teams are able to act with independence and leadership in the shortest time. The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork are used to show the key aspects of winning teams.
Does this change the culture of the organisation?It is a starting point since it means the discussion of the differences between the artifacts and the espoused values are now in discussion at a level never before realised and if this means that some of the tacit assumptions are changed this will only follow if there is understanding and agreement of it.