Myths every CEO should know about - 1

11:36 - 22 June 2015

The business community is becoming more aware of organizational culture - and the myths that come with it.

Culture evolves constantly based on what seems to be working in the current business context and it subconsciously influences people to behave in certain ways.

The term “culture” is in and of itself pretty tough for people to wrap their heads around in a consistent and meaningful way.

Culture can cover any number of aspects of organizational functioning.

It evolves constantly based on what seems to be working in the current business context and it subconsciously influences people to behave in certain ways.

Often, employees are not even aware of how it’s affecting their everyday work.

How can we hope to manage something we find difficult to even define?

There are a lot of aspects of culture that are all playing a role in shaping employees thoughts and behaviors in the day-to-day, but only some of those have been studied rigorously and have been found to be directly linked to performance.

If you’re working to understand your current culture and how it may be impacting the performance of your business, start with the aspects of culture that are linked to empirical research; not just someone else’s opinion.

Source: Forbes.