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How culture affects change

How culture affects change

From the course: Creating a Culture of Change

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How culture affects change

- One of the biggest challenges you will encounter with a culture change is the culture itself. I know that doesn't sound logical. Let me explain what I mean. Many companies offer different kinds of training programs that are designed to help their employees work more effectively by changing their behaviors or habits, like learning how to become more organized or manage your time more effectively, for example. Can you remember when you took a course like that? You probably came back to the office with new insights, very motivated to change your behaviors and incorporate what you learned into your daily work. Ideally, you had the support structures in place when you returned to work to help you make those changes. Unfortunately, what often happens in these situations is people quickly become frustrated and abandon the new habits they learned because the environment they work in hasn't changed with them and doesn't support the new way of working. Has this ever happened to you? You can…

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