Culture Shaping
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”
– Peter Drucker, 2006
What does that mean?
No matter how robust you believe your strategy is it cannot be deployed to its fullest extent, without a shared culture. Internal stakeholders need to share a common view of the preferred culture that is aligned with the strategy.
What does that mean?
No matter how robust you believe your strategy is it cannot be deployed to its fullest extent, without a shared culture. Internal stakeholders need to share a common view of the preferred culture that is aligned with the strategy.
So, what is culture?
Culture encompasses the social behavior and norms found in companies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.
So, what is culture?
Culture encompasses the social behavior and norms found in companies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, customs, capabilities, and habits of the individuals in these groups.

How does Culture fit with Strategy?
Culture is a direct output of an Organization’s core ideology and is part of that foundational component of strategy that answers the question “WHY…we do what we do and how we do it?” It also provides the guidance on how the rest of the strategy ought to be developed.
How does Culture fit with Strategy?
Culture is a direct output of an Organization’s core ideology and is part of that foundational component of strategy that answers the question “WHY…we do what we do and how we do it?” It also provides the guidance on how the rest of the strategy ought to be developed.
Can culture evolve organically?
Yes, but you might not like what you end up with. “Culture consists of the shared beliefs, values, and assumptions of a group of people who learn from one another and teach to others that their behaviors, attitudes, and perspectives are the correct ways to think, act, and feel.”
by Edgar Schein
Can culture evolve organically?
Yes, but you might not like what you end up with. “Culture consists of the shared beliefs, values, and assumptions of a group of people who learn from one another and teach to others that their behaviors, attitudes, and perspectives are the correct ways to think, act, and feel.”
by Edgar Schein
Should you focus on culture creation or culture shaping?
As previously indicated, whether you like it or not, your organization has a culture today, it’s already been created. You are shaping the culture you have, to be the culture you want. Shaping a memorable, engaging and articulate operating culture is a cornerstone to a sustainable future.
Embracing GHS Enterprise’s “Five Tenets” noted below will help sustain a healthy culture.
Should you focus on culture creation or culture shaping?
As previously indicated, whether you like it or not, your organization has a culture today, it’s already been created. You are shaping the culture you have, to be the culture you want. Shaping a memorable, engaging and articulate operating culture is a cornerstone to a sustainable future.
GHS Enterprises's Culture Shaping Tenets
Emotional
Culture requires some level of
emotional commitment from everyone in order for the preferred culture to be realized.
Aligned
Strategy and the emerging preferred culture MUST be aligned.
Polling
Impromptu quick polling of
culture evolution provides evaluative shaping data.
Tweaking
Never left alone, tweaking is
critical for sustainment.
Repeatable
Culture should be memorable and simply stated with everyone having a stake in its future!
Emotional
Culture requires some level of
emotional commitment from everyone in order for the preferred culture to be realized.
Aligned
Strategy MUST be aligned with
the emerging/preferred culture.
Continuous
Impromptu quick polling of
culture evolution provides evaluative shaping data.
Tweaking
Never left alone, tweaking is
critical for sustainment.
Repeatable
Culture should be memorable,
relatively simple stated with everyone having a stake in its future!
What is the value proposition for creating culture shaping capability?
As today’s relevant change management capability you will embed the fundamental skills, habits and practices to fuel organizational resilience, shatter hurdles and obliterate your goals over and over again.
What is the value proposition for creating culture shaping capability?
As today’s relevant change management capability you will embed the fundamental skills, habits and practices to fuel organizational resilience, shatter hurdles and obliterate your goals over and over again.
How can you create culture shaping capability?
By retaining external culture shaping expertise to provide guidance and counsel in developing such capability. You can also educate your workforce with one or all of our applied learning experience programs entitled “Shape Your Culture” developed and delivered through a collaboration between GHS and Darn Clever identified below.
How can you create culture shaping capability?
By retaining external culture shaping expertise to provide guidance and counsel in developing such capability. You can also educate your workforce with an applied learning experience entitled “Shape Your Culture” developed and delivered through a collaboration between GHS and Darn Clever identified below.
Shape Your Culture
Create an emerging, business-critical capability within your organization and shape your culture to be aligned with the core values.
THREE PROGRAMS
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WHAT IS CULTURE?
Create a consistent and common understanding of what culture is.
This customizable program is relevant for everyone.
CULTURE SHAPING SKILLS
Getting Stakeholders Ready
Crafting a Relatable Culture
Aligning Organizational Realities with Culture
Making Culture Shaping Personal
EMBEDDING CULTURE SHAPING CAPABILITY
WHAT DOES EMBEDDING MEAN?
Making “Culture Shaping” part of the optimal culture
Prioritizing what to embed and when
Creating a personal embedding model
Building a culture shaping deployment strategy
Four Delivery Options
In Person
Minimum 15 participants
Virtual
Minimum 15 participants
Self-Directed
Unlimited participants
Blended
Customized to your specific requirements
+ Custom, applied coaching tailored to your organization capabilities and need.