Shaping Culture When Leader Isn't Around: Culture Principles 3
Culture can be communicated, taught, and reinforced in a variety of ways. But busy leaders can’t always be in front of everyone every day to shape culture. This program focuses on how to reinforce culture in your organization, even when you are not around, through what organizational culture expert Edgar Schein calls "reinforcement mechanisms".
Dr. Andrew Hill is co-founder of BurnBright. He has a Doctorate in Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Master's in Public Policy from U.C. Berkeley. Prior to founding BurnBright, he served as a professor at the U.S. Army War College, a school for senior military and national security leaders, where he was the first Chair of Strategic Leadership.
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Introduction to 6 Cultural Reinforcement Mechanisms
Reinforcement mechanisms are environmental (non-behavioral) elements that affect culture.
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Reinforcement Mechanism 1: Organizational Design and Structure
What is organization design and what cultural significance does it have?
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Reinforcement Mechanism 2: Systems and Procedures
Systems and procedures are easy to overlook but they often hold a lot of cultural meaning.
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Reinforcement Mechanism 3: Rites and Rituals
What are the formal and informal rites and rituals of the organization, and what do they mean?
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Reinforcement Mechanism 4: Design of the Physical Space
What does the design of the physical environment of the workplace say about our culture?
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Reinforcement Mechanism 5: Stories We Tell
What stories do we tell about ourselves, our teams, and organization? They have cultural meaning.
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Reinforcement Mechanism 6: Statements and Mottoes
What does the design of the physical environment of the workplace say about our culture?
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745 KBAndrew Hill Bio
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Before co-founding BurnBright, Andrew was a professor at the U.S. Army War College, where he taught senior national security professionals. As the War College's first Chair of Strategic Leadership, Andrew's research focused on connecting people, strategy, and innovation. He has a doctorate from H...
