Doing the Right Things Right

5ENVIRONMENTBuild an Open Team Culture

In a business sense, a “culture” is the social setting in which work takes place. Sometimes it forms spontaneously, evolving out of a set of core values and combining with corporate mission, vision, and basic goals. “Culture” can also be an unwritten set of mutually understood rules, such as “We typically start meetings five minutes late around here.” The efficient, effective executive takes a direct hand in guiding organizational culture, while making a deliberate effort to maintain a positive culture where it already exists.

Work culture in general has recently moved toward increased agility, flexibility, ...