Why Should I Care About Company Culture?, with Christian Höferle, The Culture Mastery
Mike Brady: [00:00:00] Why should we care about company culture? Why are people talking about this and what happened to just keep your head down, work hard and let the chips fall where they may? What is company culture and why has there been a movement now to, frankly, care about it?
Christian Höferle: [00:00:15] Well, aren’t there still enough companies out there who operate that way, in a more authoritarian or more instructive way? That means also with hierarchies, there is a clear, defined leadership structure. There is a clearly defined cascade of power, influence, authority, and we operate along those lines. I think there are still plenty of companies who work that way, and they may be very successful in doing so. And I’m not going to say this is right or wrong. The keep your head down and plow through it. For some organizations, this works really well. Others chose a different path and they were successful in a different way. So I really would refrain from judging cultures. I don’t think a culture per say is wrong. A culture simply is. And as an organization, you can ask yourself, are we getting the results that we want? And if not, is it possible that our organizational culture has something to do with it? Then let’s talk about that. If your results are within your goal setting, if you’re happy with them, then I would argue your culture might be healthy.
Christian Höferle, Founder, The Culture Mastery
Christian Höferle is a cultural coach, trainer, and mentor for multinational organizations – or rather: for people who work globally. Based in Atlanta, he is German by passport, American by choice, Bavarian at heart, and people call him The Culture Guy. His passion is to help people discover commonality when they are overwhelmed by difference. His mission is to create peace by facilitating understanding, relating, and connecting. At the core of this purpose is culture. And as he helps people figure out this “thing” called culture, they’ll work at their peak and in peace with others.
Throughout his career, Christian has had the privilege of working with people from all over the world. With his company, The Culture Mastery, Christian and his team serve multinational organizations to achieve their goals in global markets.TCM does this via tailored coaching and training programs for expatriates as well as multicultural teams.
Listen to the full Decision Vision interview with Christian here.
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