ESTABLISH THE VALUES AND BELIEFS OF YOUR NEW CULTURE

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A particularly useful place to begin the discussion of industrial culture is by discussing the strategic goals of the business, the tactical goals that support the strategic goals, and the tactical actions that people will take to achieve those goals. Ultimately these business goals will serve as the shared values of your culture.

We begin the discussion of culture with a review of strategy because, as industrial leaders, we want a new culture for business purposes, not for social purposes. More specifically, we want to create a culture that enables the vast majority of our people to receive social support as they autonomously engage with us to improve the business. In the process ...

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