1. Reframing Organizations, 5th ed.

2. Organizational Culture in Action
Chapter 13
Organizational Culture in Action

3. Organizational Culture in Action
The Eagle Group’s Sources of Success
Leading Principles

4. The Eagle Group’s Sources of Success
Why do some groups produce extraordinary results while others produce little or nothing?
Play, spirit and culture are at the core of peak performance

5. Sources of cultural success I
How someone becomes a group member is important
Diversity provides a team’s competitive advantage
Examples, not command, holds a team together
A specialized language fosters cohesion and commitment

6. Sources of cultural success (II)
Stories carry history and values and reinforce group identity
Humor and play reduce tension and encourage creativity
Ritual and ceremony lift spirits and reinforce values

7. Sources of cultural success (III)
Informal cultural players make contributions disproportionate to their formal roles
Soul is the secret of success

8. Conclusion
Symbolic perspectives questions traditional views on team building
Right structure and people are important, but not sufficient
The essence of high performance is spirit
Banishing play, ceremony and myth would destroy teamwork, not create it
Team building at its heart is a spiritual undertaking: peak performance emerges as a team discovers its soul