Why cultural transformation in the workplace is important?

by Pragati Leadership Leadership Training Programs

The culture of your organization is an integral part of its functioning. However, it may be necessary to change this to boost productivity and employee satisfaction. Cultural transformation evolves your organization's culture and helps in achieving your strategic goals. Before understanding how to bring about cultural transformation in the workplace and its benefits, let’s look at what is organizational culture.

What is organizational culture?

In simple terms, it is the consistent behavior of the employees and leaders. Often, the culture mirrors core corporate values but is a direct reflection of the company leadership. It is not static and therefore must be regularly monitored, measured, and managed by the company leaders.

What is cultural transformation?

To understand your company’s culture, you can ask the following questions:

·      Is the decision-making a top-down or bottom-up process?

·      Is creativity and innovation encouraged?

·      Can employees express their opinions freely?

·      Is the environment competitive or collaborative?

·      Are the people afraid of mistakes or is learning encouraged?

Cultural transformation is the process of evolving and developing a shift based on the company values. It starts when the existing culture does not align with the organization’s mission, vision, strategic goals, and core values.

How to ensure successful cultural transformation?

1.    Understand the existing culture and challenges

Often, cultural transformation fails to consider employee inputs and is implemented by the top executives. However, top executives’ views may greatly vary from those of the personnel. It is recommended you survey your employees and conduct focused group discussions to understand how they perceive the culture and its challenges.

2.    Involve the leaders

The company’s leaders are central to the transformation and therefore, must be involved in the process and must believe of its successful implementation. Identifying existing behavior with the desired behavior forms the base of an efficient cultural transformation training program and works towards the envisioned goals of the company as well as its people.

3.    Develop a strategy that matches your company goals

The next step is to develop a strategy that can be translated into an actionable plan. An efficient program focuses on the strengths of the existing culture and the important aspects that need to be transformed. It starts with few achievable goals, which are clearly defined and measurable and prevents the leaders from going overboard during the transformational process.

4.    Engage your people

Your people must be encouraged to provide feedback on the transformational process. An effective training program engages the people to encourage their involvement and allow them to feel connected to the changes happening in the organizational culture.

5.    Be attentive while hiring new personnel

During and after the cultural transformation process, you must be more attentive while hiring new personnel. Its important to hire the right people that fit the culture, which is crucial to retain your employees. Hiring managers must ask the right questions, have informal meetings, and invite candidates to assess organizational fit.

6.    Monitor the progress

Each aspect of the transformation process must be measured to understand its effectiveness. Leaders must check if the people are embracing the changes to determine success. They are also encouraged to measure KPIs and key milestones to check if their expectations at the start of the process are being met. Employee surveys to understand employees’ feelings must also be conducted.

Why is cultural transformation in the workplace important?

Although organizational culture is intangible, it is important for the company’s sustainability. Stronger cultures give organizations a competitive edge within the market, attracts more talent, and helps in higher retention of people. Some of the benefits of a successful cultural transformation include:

·      Improved work culture

An improved work culture is the core of any transformational process. It helps in every aspect of an organization from improving productivity to retaining your people.

·      Greater employee satisfaction

An efficient transformation results in an inclusive culture, which increases employee satisfaction. Your people consider themselves important in the success of the organization, which increases their happiness and encourages involvement.

·      Increased productivity

Happy and satisfied people are more productive. An efficient transformation program instils confidence and encourages them to work harder and improve productivity, which increases the overall performance of your company.

What is included in PLI’s cultural transformation training program in Singapore?

PLI’s program addresses the following aspects in its training program:

To know more about PLI’s cultural transformation program in Singapore, check out our website here.

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