What Matters

Homogeneous culture is a myth. Cultures are full of myths and legends, heroes and villains. Sub-cultures are not the villain.

Healthy cultures embrace vibrant subcultures.

Like someone is entirely comfortable with themselves doesn’t feel threatened by those around them who are different.

So, for the love of subcultures, don’t weaponise difference.

Celebrate it.

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 Your Culture impacts your Strategy at every point:
- ideation, development and analysis;
- discussion, agreement and alignment;
- translation into actionable plans;
- communication and commitment;
- execution and operationalising;
- monitoring and reporting on progress;
- adjusting course; and
- celebrating success.

Don’t underestimate Culture. Your Strategy probably already has.
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Expectations have shifted. Leaders are expected to lead Cultures worth belonging to. Boards are asking questions. Public and media scrutiny is intensifying. Team members are voting with their feet.

Leaders, is your Culture worth belonging to?

What's keeping you up at Midnight or 3am?

One thing that keeps me up at night is how many leaders are under-estimating the impact of their Culture on their Strategy.

As you carve out and tweak your Strategy for the next 15 months and beyond, how are you thinking about the impact of your Culture on the creation and execution of your Strategy?

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For my first year out of corporate roles, I set myself a target of reading 50 books.  Of course in the pursuit of working out which books to read I bought over 100! but my tsundoku habit is another story.

Here are twelve of the books I've loved that have shifted my thinking.  I often recommend these to leaders I am working with.

Culture and Leadership

Impact Players - I loved Liz Wiseman's Multipliers book from a few years ago and her latest book on those people in your organisation who punch above their weight is worth a read.  

Unlearning &...

Cultures are shaped by what you pay attention to.

 Like any currency, Attention is valuable because it is finite and scarce.

 What are you paying attention to?

As a leader, you know what metrics your CEO and Board care about by what they focus on in meetings.  ...by what they pay attention to. 

• What metrics they interrogate

• What initiatives catch their interest

• How they open and close conversations

• Weight of focus during meetings

• Outcomes that are rewarded and punished

 Most of your team members can tell you what you pay attention to. Could...