So, if culture matters, and the people in your organization drive your culture forward, what does competency look like?
- Cultural competency looks like the founder/CEO knowing what the organization is going to look like. And then sticking to that vision.
- Cultural competency looks like the team being composed of people who buy into the vision and will push it forward relentlessly. But, the team is not a collection of mere “yes” men…or “yes” women…
- Cultural competency looks like hiring people based on your internal gut reactions—backed up by trustworthy people—rather than merely relying on cultural inertia to move an organization forward.
Culture eats strategy gets repeated over and over, and then a group, a speaker, or a room, laughs and moves forward with their own preconceived notions of strategically implementing whatever organizational changes are deemed necessary.
And, in the process, losing the very culture they were trying so hard to preserve through strategic means.
Deep competency looks like strategy servicing culture in order to move and organization forward, without worrying about change or innovation.
-Peace Be With You All-
Jesan Sorrells, MA
Principal Conflict Engagement Consultant
Human Services Consulting and Training (HSCT)
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