Organizational Development Services

In organizations with a healthy culture, employees feel a sense of connection and belonging and a shared sense of purpose. They understand the organization’s vision/mission and their part in it. Additionally, where there is a sense of freedom to be authentic, employees feel safe to make mistakes and learn from them.

Some signs that your culture may need help include:

• Inability to attract great talent
• Leadership initiatives that never get off the ground
• Inability to respond to customer needs quickly
• Losing your best performers to the competition

Our professional staff can help you assess and transform your culture.

Studies have shown that healthy organizational culture has the potential to positively affect overall business performance, regardless of how the organization defines success. The culture of an organization informs and impacts a variety of processes and employee behaviors, and will either enhance or impede planned accomplishments and organizational performance.

Our professional staff is here to help you assess and transform your current culture to achieve alignment with your organizational goals.

Research indicates that diverse and inclusive teams are more productive, innovative, and healthier. DEI creates a sense of belonging, furthers employee engagement and retention, and fosters collaboration. According to McKinsey & Company (2018) DEI in the workplace can be attributed to 30% greater productivity, 15 times more revenue, and reduction in workplace illness. For many successful organizations, DEI is one of their core values.

Incorporating DEI as a business strategy begins with an understanding of the benefits of a diverse workforce and the importance of inclusion being an everyday part of organizational behaviors and values. It’s also important to assess the organization’s current state of inclusion through a variety of measures, including employee input by way of surveys and focus groups. The next step is usually creating a plan of action to move the organization closer to its desired state of diversity and inclusion. The plan of action should include an intentional effort to create a safe environment within which to uncover our own biases, beliefs, and attitudes. Overall, the aim is to move toward an organization-wide culture of equity and inclusion that is reflected in systems, policies, processes, and behaviors throughout the organization.

Our professional staff at Employers Council can help you create a DEI strategy that moves you closer to the inclusive culture you desire.

Regardless of your desired culture, leaders can enhance it or kill it, bit by bit, day by day. Effective leaders inspire people, leading to higher levels of engagement and commitment from employees. And while inspiration is important, Gallup research has shown that the most successful leaders know how to bring teams together and make great decisions.

Employees want to work with and for people they know, like, and trust. Being a leader others want to follow is a foundation for retaining the best and brightest employees. This is good for the bottom-line, good for productivity, and creates a positive work environment. Organizations who invest in their leaders’ skills benefit by having effective teams, and team members are in turn dedicated, loyal, engaged, and highly effective.

Organizational success is directly linked to effective leadership. Our professional coaches can work with your leaders to develop the necessary skills to move your organization toward success.