JCLP EP. 39--3 Mindsets You Must Embrace to Make Culture Work

01/21/20 • 21 min

As leaders, there are times we have to think differently to lead better. There are some mindsets that we simply MUST embrace if we want the culture we’re leading toward to actually permeate the organization. And these mindsets involve getting honest with ourselves about whether or not we’ve given in to a common fallacy: the idea that culture should be gleaned through osmosis - an effortless, unconscious assimilation.

Some highlights and key points from Jenni's teaching:

Shaping the culture for your team is arguably the most important work you’ll do. You can’t accomplish your mission without a team that is aligned and working effectively together.
Culture is not an episodic event of writing value statements, displaying them and hoping they catch on. Culture is living and breathing and needs your attention every day.
Both the organization and a new employee have a responsibility in helping the new employee succeed in the culture.

She also explores the Employee Life Cycle that William Vanderbloemen defines in his book Culture Wins. There are some incredible applications to make concerning culture at each stage in the Employee Life Cycle--places like hiring, daily and monthly rhythms, review processes.

Jenni provides a series of guiding questions to ask yourself as you consider truly embedding team culture that will align your team and lead to organizational success.

As you seek to embed culture in your organization, be sure to check out these two resources:

Registration is open now for our online Culture Group - this is a 6-week live online course that walks you through the specifics of building an extraordinary team culture. If this is the year you’re committed to building a great culture, this is the group for you. Click HERE for details!

We also have a free Culture Workbook that will walk you through the steps of defining your culture. THIS is a great resource to walk through with your team to kick start the conversation. Keep leading well!

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Some highlights and key points from Jenni's teaching:

Shaping the culture for your team is arguably the most important work you’ll do. You can’t accomplish your mission without a team that is aligned and working effectively together.
Culture is not an episodic event of writing value statements, displaying them and hoping they catch on. Culture is living and breathing and needs your attention every day.
Both the organization and a new employee have a responsibility in helping the new employee succeed in the culture.

Jenni provides a series of guiding questions to ask yourself as you consider truly embedding team culture that will align your team and lead to organizational success.

As you seek to embed culture in your organization, be sure to check out these two resources:

Listen, Review, and Subscribe!

Previous Episode

JCLP EP. 38--Create the Culture You Want

As a leader, you likely have a vision for the kind of culture you want to create on your team. That visionary gift is part of what has gotten you where you are. The challenges can arise when you begin the work to implement what’s in your imagination. There are some key steps to designing the culture that you want, and that’s the focus of today’s podcast. In this episode, Jenni Catron explores some really practical exercises you can do that will help you find clarity about your mission, vision, values, and convictions--to gain organizational self-awareness about your purpose. Take a listen and then start taking inventory. You’ll find the effort well worth it.

Some highlights and key points from Jenni's teaching:

One of the most challenging parts of creating great organizational culture is having organizational self-awareness. Most of us believe our culture is better than it actually is.
Much like self-awareness is the key to success for leaders, organizational self-awareness is key for organizations to succeed.
What is organizational self-awareness? It's knowing who you are. Knowing your purpose. Knowing your strengths and weaknesses. Knowing what you do best and how you best do it.
Galatians 6:4 (MSG) “Make a careful exploration of who you are and the work you’ve been given.”
Link to Episode 25--”Building an Extraordinary Team Culture”
Clarity of purpose is essential before you can build a healthy culture. Healthy culture has to be an overflow of who you are, but if you don’t know who you are, you can’t build a healthy culture because you don’t know what you’re building on.
What’s key to culture is that culture is what you DO much more than what you SAY.
Equation for Culture: Values x Behavior = Culture
Powerful by Patty McCord

Resources:
Registration is open now for our online Culture Group - this is a 6-week live online course that walks you through the specifics of building an extraordinary team culture. If this is the year you’re committed to building a great culture, this is the group for you. Click HERE for details!
We also have a free Culture Workbook that will walk you through the steps of defining your culture. THIS is a great resource to walk through with your team to kick start the conversation. Keep leading well!
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Next Episode

JCLP EP. 40--Ways to Infuse Culture: An Interview with Ashley Warren

Building an extraordinary team culture is NOT a one-and-done task. It requires consistent, intentional care. In an imminently practical conversation about how to infuse great team culture throughout seasons of an organization's life, Jenni interviews long-time friend and colleague Ashley Warren. Ashley is a former educator and ministry leader who now serves as a Culture Consultant with the 4 Sight Group. She's passionate about helping leaders build healthy teams.

Jenni and Ashley discuss:

key seasons during which to pay close attention to team culture
ways to implement intentional culture at various stages of the employee life cycle
distinguishing between organizational values and team values
the role of the senior leader in building team culture

Connect with Ashley
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As you seek to infuse culture in your organization, be sure to check out these two resources:

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Listen to The Jenni Catron Leadership Podcast each week.
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We need your help to get the LeadCulture podcasts in front of more leaders! There are three simple things you can do that truly help us:

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