“Company culture is the backbone of any organization.”
—Gary Vaynerchuk
While we talk about increasing employee engagement, the issue is that of the chicken vs the egg. Which came first? Is the culture bad because its people are disengaged? Or are your people disengaged because the culture is bad? The answer is probably somewhere in the middle—and these are both correct. Churches and non-profit organizations are not immune to culture issues. Often, the working culture can be worse when we assume that everyone is on the same beliefs and mission page.
The simplest understanding of an organization’s culture might be:
Those behaviors and methodologies that represent a tangible expression of deeply held beliefs of the people involved, and are built on the wireframe of values demonstrated by the leadership.
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