The Culture Engine: A Framework for Driving Results, Inspiring Your Employees, and Transforming Your Workplace

Edmonds, S. Chris

ISBN 10: 1118947320 / ISBN 13: 9781118947326

Published by Wiley, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Culture Engine: A Framework for Driving Results, Inspiring Your Employees, and Transforming Your Workplace
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118947320
• ISBN 13: 9781118947326
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: like_new

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Synopsis

An organizational "North Star," codifying valued behaviors for optimal performance

The Culture Engine shows leaders how to create a high performing, values aligned culture through the creation of an organizational constitution. With practical step-by-step guidance, readers learn how to define their organization's culture, delineate the behaviors that contribute to greater performance and greater engagement, and draft a document that codifies those behaviors into a constitution that guides behavior towards an ideal: a safe, inspiring workplace. The discussion focuses on people, including who should be involved at the outset and how to engage employees from start to finish, while examples of effective constitutions provide guidance toward drafting a document that can actualize an organization's potential.

Culture drives everything that happens in an organization day to day, including focus, priorities, and the treatment of employees and customers. A great culture drives great performance, and can help attract and retain great talent. But a great culture isn't something that evolves naturally. The Culture Engine is a guide to strategically planning a culture by compiling the company's guiding principles and behaviors into an organizational constitution.

• Decide which behaviors and attitudes are desired in the organization
• Secure leader commitment to planning, drafting, and implementing the document
• Learn the most effective way to socialize the draft statement and get everyone on board
• Model desired behaviors to boost employee engagement throughout the process

Organizational culture is not an amorphous thing – it comes down from the top, inspired and exemplified by the leadership. It can steer a company up or down, keep it on mission or force it off-course. For an organization to fulfill its potential, the culture must be on-point, truly reflecting the heart of the company from leaders to team members across the company. The Culture Engine helps leaders define the playing field, pushing performance to the next level.

About the Author

S. Chris Edmonds is the founder and CEO of The Purposeful Culture Group.

After a 15-year career leading and managing successful business teams, Chris began his consulting company in 1990. Since 1995, he has also served as a senior consultant with the Ken Blanchard Companies.

Chris has delivered leadership training to thousands of clients, facilitated strategic planning and chartering sessions for hundreds of executive teams, provided executive consulting and coaching to hundreds of executives, and presented nearly 200 keynotes to rave reviews from audiences of 100-5,000.

Over the years Chris has worked for clients in industries including automotive, banking and financial services, government, hospitality, insurance, manufacturing, non-profit, pharmaceutical, retail, sales, software, and technology.

Under Chris' guidance, culture clients have consistently boosted their customer satisfaction by 40% or more, employee engagement by 40% or more, and their profits by 35% or more.

Chris is the author or co-author of six books, including Ken Blanchard's best selling revised and enhanced edition of Leading at a Higher Level. His ChangeThis manifesto, titled, "What? Your Organization Doesn't Have a Constitution?" is available free at drtc.me/chng.

He received his master's degree from the University of San Francisco in Human Resource and Organizational Development, and is an adjunct professor at the University of San Diego School of Business.

Chris has thousands of followers on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Google + that look forward to his leadership, culture, and values quotes every day.

His blogs, podcasts, leadership and culture assessments, and analysis of his research findings are available at DrivingResultsThroughCulture.com.

Subscribe to his blog post and podcast updates at drtc.me/sub1 and get two free gifts: Chris' Be a GREAT Boss ebook and an excerpt from his #GreatBosses tweet book.