2. 3-4 Introduction to Toronto Training and HR
5-6 What is culture?
Contents 7-8
9-10
Essential components of culture
Typology of cultures
11-12 Hybrid organizations
13-15 Reasons to care about organizational culture
16-17 Building a strong brand culture
18-19 Impact of location on culture
20-21 Impact of communication on culture
22-23 Culture of positive emotion
24-25 Fundamentals for an effective team culture
26-29 Maximizing employee engagement through culture
30-31 Driving an attitude, aptitude and action culture
32-33 The positive accountability culture
34-35 A high performance culture
36-37 Congruence and culture
38-42 Questions to ask when examining the
organizational culture
43-45 Marketing your culture to prospective employees
46-48 20th century organization v 21st century
organization
49-50 What will a great company culture give you?
51-52 Drill
53-54 Case study
55-56 Conclusion and questions
4. Introduction to Toronto Training
and HR
• Toronto Training and HR is a specialist training and human
resources consultancy headed by Timothy Holden
• 10 years in banking
• 10 years in training and human resources
• Freelance practitioner since 2006
• The core services provided by Toronto Training and HR are:
- Training event design
- Training event delivery
- Reducing costs
- Saving time
- Improving employee engagement & morale
- Services for job seekers
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10. Typology of cultures
Low High
uncertainty uncertainty
avoidance avoidance
High power Pyramid of Well-oiled
distance people machine
Low power Family Village market
distance
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14. Reasons to care about
organizational culture 1 of 2
People make decisions about which companies to
join on the basis of the company’s reputation for
how it treats people
Culture is also a key factor in determining how
much employees will like working with you, and as
such, companies with poor organizational culture
will have higher turnover and thus spend more on
recruiting
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15. Reasons to care about
organizational culture 2 of 2
Organizational culture impacts how happy your
employees are, and all things being equal, happy
employees are generally more productive than
unhappy employees
Your organization’s culture exists whether you like
it or not
Organizational culture is unique to you and it can’t
be bought, stolen, or copied
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17. Building a strong brand culture
Combine marketing and HR
Hire to your culture
Teach them and they will lead
Alignment trumps values
Go forth and co-create
Embrace frustration
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19. Impact of location on culture
Multi-active: warm, emotional, loquacious,
impulsive, which applies to Latin American
countries
Reactive: courteous, amiable, accommodating,
compromisers, which applies to Asian countries
such as Vietnam
Linear-active: cold, factual, decisive, planners,
which applies to Anglo-Saxon-speaking countries
such as the UK
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23. Culture of positive emotion
MANAGERIAL CHARACTERISTICS
Encouraging good humour
Giving plenty of positive feedback
Exhibiting confidence and enthusiasm
Discouraging aggression between colleagues
Encouraging celebrations of success
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25. Fundamentals for an effective
team culture
Keep politics out of the business environment
Communicate and then communicate more
Establish a mature business environment
Open the doors
Help the team get to know each other
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27. Maximizing employee
engagement through culture
1 of 3
Culture
Leadership
Fit
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28. Maximizing employee
engagement through culture
2 of 3
CONSIDER FIT
Identify selection criteria firmly rooted in
organizational culture
Incorporate peer recruiting into the hiring process,
Take as long as necessary to recruit the right fit
Design a comprehensive onboarding program for
new hires that strategically initiates them into the
organization’s business and culture
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29. Maximizing employee
engagement through culture
3 of 3
CONSIDER FIT
Manage performance effectively and institute
proper rewards and recognition
Institute career management in alignment with
bona fide career opportunities
Reintroduce development programs for all leaders
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37. Congruence and culture
‘Me principles’ ‘Me + You’
principles
Right people fit Successful Great organization
organization
Poor people fit Employer of last Improving
resort organization
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38. Questions to ask when
examining the
organizational culture
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39. Questions to ask when
examining the organizational
culture 1 of 4
How often, and from whom, does the CEO/MD
receive open, honest and direct feedback?
Are people encouraged to be really honest when
giving feedback around here?
What happens to people who provide constructive
feedback to their manager?
Does the performance appraisal process encourage
a two-way flow of feedback?
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40. Questions to ask when
examining the organizational
culture 2 of 4
Where do the senior team get information
regarding their effectiveness?
Is peer to peer feedback encouraged? Does it
happen?
How much informal feedback do people get from
each other?
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41. Questions to ask when
examining the organizational
culture 3 of 4
Do we regularly collect both qualitative and
quantitative feedback from our customers, clients,
or people who use our services?
What do we do with such feedback when we get
it?
What training and support do our managers
receive when they become managers? Are they
trained specifically in the skills of giving feedback?
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42. Questions to ask when
examining the organizational
culture 4 of 4
Does our culture support ‘upward challenge’?
What forums are there for people to share their
thoughts and views on how the senior team is
performing, or on what’s happening in the
organization?
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44. Marketing your culture to
prospective employees 1 of 2
Identify and explain your corporate culture. You
may need to do an employee survey, hold a focus
meeting or review your mission statement, vision
and marketing materials to get a good overview
Develop a set of attributes common to your
employees – then define them
Design your recruitment advertising and careers
website with your company culture in mind
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45. Marketing your culture to
prospective employees 2 of 2
Look for ways to use employer branding to bring
your company’s voice alive
In interviews, ask people to define some of your
company’s attributes-check to see whether their
answers reflect your corporate culture
Use behavioural interviews to understand the ideas
and actions of job candidates, as opposed to
simply their skills
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47. 20th century organization v 21 st
century organization 1 of 2
20TH CENTURY
Vertically integrated
Top-down leadership
Build the ultimate product
Gain efficiency
Hoard information/build IP
Experts/Lone hero
Security
Push
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48. 20th century organization v 21 st
century organization 2 of 2
21ST CENTURY
Horizontally networked
Distributed responsibility
Continuous improvement
Scale learning/learning new skills
Share information
High-performance teams
Transparency
Pull
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49. What will a great company
culture give you?
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50. What will a great company
culture give you?
Easy recruitment
Powerful retention
High levels of creativity and innovation
Improved customer service
A great workplace that customers like too
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