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Whats Your Organizations Cultural Profile

The document provides a worksheet to help organizations assess their current culture. It contains statements about different cultural styles and asks respondents to rate on a scale of 1-5 how well each statement describes their organization. Respondents are asked to compare ratings with a colleague and discuss what they like about the current culture, behaviors and mindsets that could be evolved, how effective leaders are at modeling the culture, and characteristics of successful vs unsuccessful people in the culture. The goal is to gain a preliminary understanding of the organization's culture.

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Whats Your Organizations Cultural Profile

The document provides a worksheet to help organizations assess their current culture. It contains statements about different cultural styles and asks respondents to rate on a scale of 1-5 how well each statement describes their organization. Respondents are asked to compare ratings with a colleague and discuss what they like about the current culture, behaviors and mindsets that could be evolved, how effective leaders are at modeling the culture, and characteristics of successful vs unsuccessful people in the culture. The goal is to gain a preliminary understanding of the organization's culture.

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What’s Your

Organization’s
Cultural Profile?
Before you begin an initiative to shape your
ON A SCALE OF 1–5, RATE HOW WELL EACH OF THESE STATEMENTS
organization’s culture, it’s important to DESCRIBES YOUR ORGANIZATION.
explore where it is today. This worksheet 1 = NOT AT ALL WELL 2 = NOT VERY WELL 3 = SOMEWHAT WELL 4 = VERY WELL 5 = EXTREMELY WELL
and the questions that follow can help you THE ORGANIZATION THE ORGANIZATION TOTAL
formulate a preliminary assessment of your IS FOCUSED ON: FEELS LIKE:
culture and get the conversation started. COLLABORATION AND A BIG CARING
Consider how your organization currently MUTUAL TRUST FAMILY
operates, what is valued, how people behave, and 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
what unifies them. Partner with a colleague and COMPASSION AND AN IDEALISTIC PURPOSE
independently rate each statement according TOLERANCE COMMUNITY OR CAUSE
to how well it describes your organization. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Add the two ratings in each row and then rank LEARNING
EXPLORATION AND A DYNAMIC PROJECT
the eight styles. The higher the total, the stronger CREATIVITY
the match. 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Compare your rankings with your colleague’s and
FUN AND A CELEBRATION ENJOYMENT
discuss the following questions: EXCITEMENT

What do you like most about the current culture? 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5


ACHIEVEMENT AND A MERITOCRACY RESULTS
What behaviors and mindsets might you evolve? WINNING

How effective are your organization’s leaders at role 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5


modeling the culture? STRENGTH AND A COMPETITIVE AUTHORITY
BOLDNESS ARENA
What are the characteristics of people who are most 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
successful in your culture?
PLANNING AND A METICULOUSLY SAFETY
When new people don’t succeed in your culture, what CAUTION PLANNED OPERATION
is the most common reason? 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
STRUCTURE AND A SMOOTHLY RUNNING ORDER
STABILITY MACHINE
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

TO SEE AN EXPANDED VERSION OF THE ASSESSMENT, GO TO THIS ARTICLE AT HBR.ORG.

HBR Reprint R1801B


JANUARY–FEBRUARY 2018 HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW 53 

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