15 Things HR Executives Should Know About Corporate Culture Change

1. Fact: Culture is stable and difficult to change.
  Advice:   Change only what you must.
     
2. Fact: Culture is deep.
  Advice: Recognize that culture controls you more than you control it.
     
3. Fact: Culture is broad.
  Advice: You must have a specific focus or reason for wanting to understand
    organizational culture.  Otherwise you will find it boundless, frustrating,
    and unproductive.
     
4. Fact: Culture is a reflection of what made you successful in the past.
  Advice: If future success requires something different, don't count on your
    current culture to get you there.
     
5. Fact: There is no right or wrong culture, no better or worse culture, except in relation
    to what the organization is trying to do and what the environment in which it is
    operating allows.
  Advice: Understand your strategy and the environment you're operating in.
     
6. Fact: Culture can be shaped. . . .

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