Brian WalchOwner at Shiftfocus Coaching and Consulting

Building Management Culture: From the Middle Out

Name: Building Management Culture: From the Middle Out
Uploaded: 2024-09-09T13:30:55+00:00
Duration: 1 min 1 s
Channel: Brian Walch
Description: Brian Walch argues that each manager creates their own sub-culture, so organizations need to invest in and empower managers to build a cohesive culture…

9 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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Brian Walch argues that each manager creates their own sub-culture, so organizations need to invest in and empower managers to build a cohesive culture from the middle out. When managers gain confidence and stay longer, they eventually reach senior roles where they can spread that culture across the whole company.

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When I worked with organizations and in the consulting firm I worked in, it was clear that no matter what I did as HR director, if a manager didn't want to implement a change or follow a certain protocol, they would have their own culture. That's why you hear there's as many cultures in an organization as there are managers. So one of the expressions we advocate for is for employees investing in your managers, empowering your managers, and promoting your managers. When you invest in them and empower them, they're going to grow in their leadership and their confidence and enjoy long term careers with you. Eventually, then they become promoted, and you've now built a culture that they've come from. Now they're in a senior leadership position in their organization, and you've imprinted that culture across your whole organization. That's part of what I call building your management culture from the middle out.