What culture are you creating?

Bite sized leadership advice

Culture is the common beliefs, behaviours and assumptions held by a group, any group.

A scout group, a soccer club, your book group or your company and work team

When you go to your parents house, things don’t quite work the same way, they have different rules. This is the family culture.

Think of it as the socially acceptable behaviours of the group.

It isn’t foosball tables, beer o’clock Fridays, open plan offices or oddball job titles. These are symbols they only work if the underlying behaviours match them, which is why you often see unused foosball tables, empty collaboration areas and few people mingling at beer o’clock.

The socially acceptable behaviours of a group are set by the leader, whether formally appointed or not. Yes, that is you!

What beliefs and assumptions drive the behaviours of your group?

Leaders get the culture’s (behaviours) that they deserve. What culture are you creating?

This is part of our Leadership Wizdom series, bite sized leadership advice for leaders who wish to improve their leadership, but don’t have much time.