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The Board’s Role in Organisational Culture
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Become a smarter and more effective leader. Rapidly acquire the insights and skills you need to lead and strengthen your organisation’s culture.
Why is the board’s role in organisational culture important?
The culture of an organisation will define its success and potential growth. It needs to be shaped by strong leadership and integrated across the organisation. A board that puts the organisation’s culture at the centre of every decision will thrive.
Growth
Strong leadership recognises and develops employees which leads to better retention and growth across the organisation.
Purpose
A solid and healthy culture emerges when people at every level of the organisation feel a true purpose in their work.
Values
An effective board understands a company’s behaviour and challenges the areas where values aren’t aligned or understood.
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What you will learn
Cultural characteristics
Discover the Corporate Governance Institute’s seven cultural characteristics framework alongside real world examples.
Shaping culture
Explore the factors that influence the culture of an organisation and the kind of relationship needed between the chair and the CEO to do this.
Culture in practice
Take an in-depth look at the case for good governance in an organisation and how culture, and its values, can be embedded into daily life.
Culture and ethics
Examine how important ethics are to an organisation and how ethics should work in practice.
How you will apply your learning
Identify the importance of organisational culture and demonstrate how boards can shape it.
Reference examples where weak culture led to disastrous consequences for the organisation.
Recognise how your organisation can use the seven culture characteristics to build a good corporate culture.
Understand why culture needs to be part of a board’s agenda and identify the signs of a toxic culture.
Confidently speak about the characteristics and benefits of a positive culture in an organisation.
Describe what ethics is and identify the key considerations when addressing ethical dilemmas.
