You need to open the Can to change organizational culture

“We need to build a team”, “We need to increase productivity and efficiency” “we need to change the culture” these are buzz words I often hear at large organizations. My first reaction is to tell the Head of the organization that he needs to listen to his people. Well he may think that he knows what his people are at … but after an internal survey they are often surprised. I believe that the approach should be to first open the ‘Can’. … It is a Can of worms you say? Then you better take all the worms out , clean it and use it for all its worth.

To change the company culture an internal survey is a must. One needs to know the aspirations of the staff, their emotional needs, how the company relates to their personal career, their relationship with management, superiors, peers and team members, their personal goals for 2017/18 and values, attitudes and staff engagement levels.

Once we get a thorough understanding of the staff, the internal communication strategy that is developed will be sound and robust and most importantly honest and credible. All messages will be accepted.

So don’t be afraid to open the ‘Can of Worms’. Maybe it is filled with that which is good and nice!

Listen to your staff. Get all the bright ideas you can get from them. After all people within may have better ideas than people without.