According to PwC, 43% of CHROs plan to focus on reinforcing corporate values to maintain or improve culture.
Regardless of whether you’re proactively looking to change culture or think it might be on the horizon, culture will be a focus for many companies looking to level-set following the pandemic. It lives in the collective hearts and habits of your individual team members and their shared idea of “how things are done around here.” Someone with authority can demand compliance, but they can’t dictate optimism, trust or conviction.
Innovation and agility demand new behaviors from team members that can initially feel at odds with established corporate culture norms-especially if your company historically focused on operational predictability and efficiency.īut culture change can’t be achieved through a mandate. But creating and sustaining the long-term adjustments that come with change is often the most challenging part of the transformation. For organizations seeking to become more agile and innovative, culture change is often a must.
