Are you looking for a process to define the culture of your company? Does your organization need culture change?
Organizational culture can make your company more competitive. And once you've defined the culture, you must have a process for achieving alignment so everyone is living the prime principles that will generate success. The
Building a Culture of Distinction program guides you in the culture change process.
This organizational culture assessment and alignment do-it-yourself Facilitator Guide provides a comprehensive, step-by-step process with activities and tools to define, shape and manage your organizational culture so you can use culture to achieve positive change. This guide is divided into two sections:
1. Section A: "Planning the Program" includes facilitator materials--definitions; program cycle; implementation steps; tools; sample interview, focus group, and survey questions--to guide the person leading the program.
2. Section B: "Conducting the Program" contains activities and tools to use with employees to define and shape your culture, audit it for alignment with workplace practices, and create and execute a plan to live the Core Culture principles to generate success. Facilitator Notes are embedded throughout the section to guide your implementation.
A companion workbook--Building a Culture of Distinction: Participant Workbook for Defining Organizational Culture and Managing Change--is designed for employees who take part in the program. An additional resource--There Is No Place Like Work--is an ideal introductory reading on the culture concepts.
Use this groundbreaking program to infuse a united focus throughout your organization. Make your workplace principle-focused, purposeful and personally fulfilling. Lead the process to craft your organization's culture and facilitate change. Make culture be the powerful force that drives your business.
Sheila Margolis helps leaders define organizational culture and manage culture change. She holds a doctoral degree in Human Resource Development, teaches at Georgia State University and is President of the Workplace Culture Institute. She specializes in workplace culture, culture change and employee engagement. As an organizational development expert, Sheila is quoted in newspapers and magazines including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Dr. Margolis is the author of Building a Culture of Distinction: Facilitator Guide for Defining Organizational Culture and Managing Change and Building a Culture of Distinction: Participant Workbook for Defining Organizational Culture and Managing Change. She is co-author of There Is No Place Like Work. Sheila is also the author of Job Seeker Manual on culture fit. The principles in these books were derived from Margolis' groundbreaking research that earned the 1998 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Human Resource Development Research.
Sheila conducts culture initiatives with a variety of organizations such as UPS, Shaw Industries, Philips, Acuity Brands/ZEP, Lotus Cars USA, and Cherokee Town and Country Club. Sheila conducts employee engagement surveys and helps companies improve employee engagement. She has also designed and delivered team skills training programs for General Mills, Allied Signal, Tenneco and Reliance Electric.
Additionally, Dr. Margolis is a professional member of the National Speakers Association and speaks regularly at corporate and professional meetings and conferences. She has also taught business writing and presentation skills on the Professional MBA level and works with companies to align their internal communications strategy with their culture.
Sheila has published articles in academic journals and professional magazines. She has written a chapter for The Cultural Context of Human Resource Development and for ATD's Finding Your Fit.
