If your board needs direction on culture governance in 2025, here are some suggested starting points, from my recent roundtable for the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
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Board directors must see the whole puzzle of culture
Board directors lack a whole-landscape view of culture because of the different approaches and disciplines. They see ‘windows’ into culture that can be helpful, but don’t provide the whole picture.
Board Directors: Do you have your arms around organisational culture?
Modern board directors know that steering a strong culture is fundamental to business success and therefore to their role as stewards. Yet, many directors struggle to wrap their arms around this big thing we call organisational culture. Here are the challenges and risks.
What board directors should know and do about organisational culture
Now more than ever, culture needs to be on the board agenda at every meeting – and must be addressed through rigorous analysis and strategic planning. Here, I highlight what culture should be to boards, some of the challenges I see in culture in the work I do, and AICD’s guidelines on best practice.
Your Board affects your organisation’s Brand.
The organisation’s brand is rarely perceived as the domain of the board, and it is usually not deeply understood across the board or management. Yet, it has a pivotal role to play in the organisation’s reputation and success.
Culture: Top-down? Bottom-up? Why still up for debate?
Spending time with board members, leaders and managers in different businesses, I see that there is still a range of opinions on how Culture is and should be shaped in organisations.
Top-down? Bottom-up? Either-or, or both? When I look around, there are clear signals pointing to what works best.
Innovative Ways to Build Trust in Business: Bridging the gap between Brand and Culture
In this conversation with If Innovation Could Talk, I discussed:
• innovative measures New Work Consulting has developed to address the divide between a company’s brand and its culture,
• the ways businesses can build trust in the digital age, and
• how individuals build trust through their personal brands.
Key take-aways from AICD Director Download: What’s your board’s role in leading organisational culture online?
In a keynote for the Australian Institute of Company Directors entitled, ‘What’s your board’s role in leading organisational culture online?’ I discussed the challenge of leading culture, the online facets of culture in today’s world, and what this means for directors on boards. Here are some of the key points from the presentation.