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2. A Simple Model For Building A Thriving And Collaborative Culture
2016 HR FLORIDA CONFERENCE & EXPO
A Simple Model For Building A Thriving And Collaborative Culture
Presented By Eddie Marmol

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Learning Objectives
Culture is more important than leaders and strategy
Experience an organization’s cultural stages and how to identify them.
Leave with leverage steps to grow the culture

4. What Is Culture?
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6. Culture is a function of tribes, not of leaders.
2016 HR FLORIDA CONFERENCE & EXPO
Culture is a function of tribes, not of leaders.
Tribes:
Naturally forming
Larger than teams
Between 20 – 150 people
A large organization has multiple tribes

7. Illustration: A Tribe At Work
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Illustration: A Tribe At Work
You are in an internal status meeting
Sponsor is unhappy with progress
Several team members have not delivered on their milestones
You have to deliver your project status report to the sponsor by 9 am tomorrow
Take 5 minutes to develop your skit and 2 minutes to present it to the group
Have fun! Everyone participates!

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What Did You Notice?
What can you say about the culture being exhibited?
Was the tribe effective, somewhat effective, or ineffective?

9. Stage 1: Life Stinks. 2% 2016 HR FLORIDA CONFERENCE & EXPO
Stage 1:
Life Stinks. 2%

10. Stage 2: My Life Stinks. 25% 2016 HR FLORIDA CONFERENCE & EXPO
Stage 2:
My Life Stinks.
25%
Which group manifested Stage 2.

11. Stage 3: I’m Great! 49% 2016 HR FLORIDA CONFERENCE & EXPO
Stage 3:
I’m Great!
49%
Which group manifested Stage 3?

12. Stage 4: We’re Great! 22% 2016 HR FLORIDA CONFERENCE & EXPO
Stage 4:
We’re Great!
22%

13. Stage 5: Life Is Great! 2% 2016 HR FLORIDA CONFERENCE & EXPO
Stage 5:
Life Is Great! 2%

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% of Workplace Tribes
“Life Stinks”
“My Life Stinks”
“I’m Great”
“We’re Great”
“Life is Great”

15. Tribes At Work - Revisited
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Tribes At Work - Revisited
What cultural stages did you notice at play?
How did they manifest?
What worked and didn’t work?
If you could do it again, what would you do differently?
How is this relevant to your organization?

16. Upgrading Each Cultural Stage To The Next
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Upgrading Each Cultural Stage To The Next

17. From Culture Stage 2 to Stage 3
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From Culture Stage 2 to Stage 3
Training, Coaching & Mentoring
Find a person who “stinks less”
Mentor them offline from the tribe
Give them a task they can be successful at

18. From Culture Stage 3 to Stage 4
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From Culture Stage 3 to Stage 4
Stable at stage 3
Listen for, elicit, values
Triads based on a common project/purpose, shared values
Core values as primary decision-making tool

19. From Culture Stage 4 to Stage 5
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From Culture Stage 4 to Stage 5
Stable at stage 3
Discover your outrage & upgrade your competition:
“How can we make history?”
Create time pressure:
Short-term plan that will produce industry-shaking innovation.

20. Call To Action Assess the tribal stage in your company
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Call To Action
Assess the tribal stage in your company
Where do you see the greatest opportunity to apply what you’ve learned?
What is 1 thing you will start or stop doing given the above?

21. Typical Engagement 2016 HR FLORIDA CONFERENCE & EXPO
Typical Engagement
Inspire the support of the CEO
Critical for top leadership to support this work
Assessment
Your organization’s cultural stage and key concerns
Strengths and Areas of Development of Key Leaders
Implementation
Targeted activities and engagements to build the culture and achieve greater Traction.

22. We’re all about creating great places to work!
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MasterCoaches
We’re all about creating great places to work!