What Matters
I've been reflecting on what matters, lessons learned, practices to experiment with and ideas worth exploring.
Is your team all at sea?
There's a lot going on at the moment. Disruption and uncertainty. Rethinking plans and strategies. Leaders and teams are feeling a bit at sea.
I'm working with some great teams at the moment on cohesion, alignment and playing to their strengths. It’s a mix of masterclasses and workshops for various clients.
With one client, I’m coaching multiple members of one team.
All different ways of working on team culture.
If your team is all at sea, reach out to see how I can help.
#leadershipteams #leadershift #nevernormal #cultureshift #teamshift #shift #navigating #allatsesa
Belonging invites us to be who we are
Does your culture invite belonging? Or is it a culture of fitting in (even if the norms have shifted)?
#workplaceculture #belonging #fittingin #cultureshift #leadershift #culture #rulesofbelonging #brenebrownwisdom
Cultures that work have a clear sense of purpose.
In a McKinsey survey with a representative sample of more than 1,000 participants from US companies, 82 percent agreed on the importance of purpose, but only 42 percent reported that their company’s stated “purpose” had much effect.
Having read plenty of purpose statements, that's not surprising!
Many organisations’ purpose statements are so generic that they do little to inspire or challenge business as usual. At some point, they blur and all start to sound the same.
More than a vision and a strategy, a purpose elevates performance. A strong vision and strategy...
We all contribute to culture
Culture isn’t someone else’s job. We all contribute to culture.
How you show up in your team and your workplace impacts those around you.
We’ve all worked on teams where one person has shifted the culture around them - for better or for worse.
Don’t wait for someone else to tackle your culture. Share some good vibes and contribute positive energy to your team culture.
#workplace #work #culture #contribution #cultureshift
Are you speaking with them or to them?
Nothing much stuck from Etiquette lessons when I was in my teens (although I can still navigate the glassware and cutlery of a formal place setting despite not many opportunities to apply that lesson). There was one lesson however that stuck. I’m not sure why this one did over all others.
We were learning how to answer the phone / call someone. My teacher challenged me on the use of “speaking to” instead of “speaking with” someone.
Growing up in Brisbane, I’d only ever heard the phrase “speaking to” someone. As I thought about the difference...
Culture is your day job
When you lead people, Culture is your day job. It’s not something special and different that you do once a year before a survey. Culture is not extra work on top of how you do things. Culture is not somebody else’s job. Culture is how you get things done every day.
The only change is behaviour change
According to McKinsey, digital transformations require cultural and behavioural changes such as calculated risk taking, increased collaboration and customer centricity.
Of course, we know, that Cultural change is behaviour change.
In fact, all change is behaviour change.
#cultureproof #cultureshift #culture #change #behaviour #behaviourchange
For the love of subcultures
Your Culture is not a monoculture. Never was, never will be.
Don’t fight it. Embrace and nurture your subcultures.
Like a beautiful garden full of different plants, a healthy Culture is made of lots of subcultures coming together, sharing common ground.
Love your subcultures - they are what connects your Culture and people on the ground.
#culture #subculture #connection #leadership #cultureshift #leadershift
Careershift. Shift your Career. On Purpose, with Purpose.
January is a time for reflection. Its also the time of year when most people are thinking about changing their jobs or careers. Over the last few years, many people have shifted careers in pursuit of something more, better, different and many have pursued less. Less of things they don't want. More of the things they do.
Careers are no different. Over the years, I have guided hundreds of leaders to shift roles, shift focus and shift careers. I love helping people do work they like. To work with a renewed sense of purpose.
I'm excited to launch my new online program,...
Culture. Still eating strategy for breakfast.
If you visit the Drucker Institute website, one whole page is dedicated to things Peter Drucker never said. Easily the most misattributed is “Culture eats Strategy for breakfast”.
Culture. Still eating Strategy for breakfast.
No matter who said it first.
#funfact #psa #culture #strategy #cultureeatsstrategyforbreakfast
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Meredith Wilson
Meredith's experience in the corporate world and deep knowledge of people and culture have made her a highly sought-after Speaker, Mentor and Coach.
