Fix Your IT Culture
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- Go beyond value statements to create a culture that enables the departmental strategy.
- There is confusion about how to translate culture from an abstract concept to something that is measurable, actionable, and process driven.
- Organizations lack clarity about who is accountable and responsible for culture, with groups often pointing fingers at each other.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- When it comes to culture, the lived experience can be different from stated values. Culture is the pattern of behaviors and the way work is done rather than simply perks, working environment, and policy.
- Executives’ active participation in culture change is paramount. If executives aren’t willing to change the way they behave, attempts to shift the culture will fail.
- Elevate culture to a business imperative. Foster a culture that is linked to strategy rather than trying to replicate the hot culture of the moment.
- Target values that will have the greatest impact. Select a few focus values as a guide and align all behaviors and work practices to those values.
Impact and Result
- Executives need to clarify how the culture they want will help achieve their strategy and choose the focus values that will have the maximum impact.
- Measure the current state of culture and facilitate the process of leveraging existing elements while shifting undesirable ones.
Fix Your IT Culture Research & Tools
Start here – read the Executive Brief
Read our concise Executive Brief to find out why you should improve your culture to enable your strategy, review Info-Tech’s methodology, and understand the four ways we can support you in completing this project.Besides the small introduction, subscribers and consulting clients within this management domain have access to:
- Fix Your IT Culture – Phases 1-4
1. Assessment: Determine current culture and identify focus values
Complete a cultural assessment and select focus values to form core culture efforts.
- Culture Documentation Template
- IT Departmental Values Survey
- IT Culture Diagnostic
- Cultural Assessment Report Template
2. Tools: Give IT executives the tools to drive change
Enable executives to gather feedback on behavioral perceptions and support behavioral change.
- Executive Reflection Template
3. Behavioral Alignment: Align IT behaviors to the desired culture
Review all areas of the department to understand where the links to culture exist and create a communication plan.
- Standard Internal Communications Plan
- IT Competency Library
- Leadership Competency Library
4. Sustainment: Disseminate and manage culture within the department
Customize a process to infuse behaviors aligned with focus values in work practices and complete the first wave of meetings.
- Culture Facilitation Guide for Leaders