An Introduction to Organisational Culture and Climate
Very few leaders have had the chance to learn how to effectively manage the Culture and Climate of their organisation
Very few leaders understand what culture and the climate are and therefore cannot effectively manage them and use them to create the improvements they desire. Much is written about culture but much less about climate, so let’s start there.
The CLIMATE of an organisation can be described best as ‘what it feels like to work there’
This is important because how a person feels in your organisation will dictate how much voluntary effort they put in. They may do ‘enough to get by’ or they can choose ‘to go the extra mile’.
- How much voluntary effort a person puts in affects:
- How much they use their inititive
- Whether they are willing to take responsibility
- Whether they are willing to make decisions
- How well they co-operate with others within and outside their department
- How happy they are and therefore how healthy they are and therefore how much time they are absent
- Their resilience to pressure and stress
- Whether they stay or leave and your labout turnover
Many organisations carry out climate surveys and sometimes with disappointing results, but more often than not they then take no action because they do not know what to do to improve it.
Working with Norscat you will learn about the six elements of Climate and how to manage them.