One of the signs that you are getting it right as a manager is when your team behaves as you want without being supervised or explicitly instructed to do so. A strongly defined culture within the team is an excellent way of achieving this desirable state. If team members instinctively know ‘this is the way we do things’ and ‘we don’t do things like that’ then team members will tend to act in ways you approve of, and avoid doing things you would disapprove of. More than that, there will be peer pressure within the team for everyone to behave in ways that are compatible with the team culture. Another desirable consequence of the team culture reinforcing ...
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