Stepping Up

Chapter 15

Create a culture

Great teams run on great cultures, the essential values and beliefs that underpin how an organisation delivers and works together

To build a successful team, you must also create a successful culture. Great people, led brilliantly, are essential but they are only the start. For businesses of all sizes you need a strong, clearly articulated and vibrant culture.

As a leader, culture reaches the places you cannot. You can’t be in every meeting, making every decision and on top of every project. Many things will – and must – happen that you will never see or hear about (unless something goes wrong!), so a core part of your leadership journey will be shaping a culture that can help you do your job when you’re not there ...