Sean GlazeWorkplace Culture Speaker | Facilitator, Great Results Team Building · Leadership lessons from the locker room that change how your people work together.

WHAT IS WORKPLACE CULTURE AND HOW DO YOU CHANGE IT

21 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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In this segment, the presenter defines workplace culture in its simplest form: the aggregate of behaviors that are permitted and repeatedly enacted within an organization, whether a family, an office, or a remote team. He emphasizes that culture is a direct reflection of leadership because leaders determine which behaviors are allowed and model the interactions that shape those behaviors. Consequently, the effectiveness of a leader’s actions and interactions directly influences the culture that develops and the results the team achieves. The core message is that leadership is fundamentally about interactions, and by consciously shaping those interactions, a leader can intentionally build the desired culture and drive performance.

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Culture is evidence of your leadership, but the simple definition I want you to walk out with today is that culture is very simply the sum of behaviors that are allowed and repeated in your organization. Your family has a culture because there are behaviors that are allowed and repeated. Your office has a culture, in person or remote, because there are behaviors that the people on your team are allowed to repeat. And the culture you build and the team results that you enjoy will ultimately come down to how effective your behaviors are as a leader. Your interactions. Leadership is interactions.