6 Components of High-Performing Cultures

Learn how to build and maintain your organization’s culture by studying these six components of high-performing cultures.

A high-performing culture is one where people drive performance because of the right behaviors. They’ve embedded these behaviors in their everyday life. People in high-performing cultures require less supervision. They’re empowered to achieve goals that are consistent with the organization’s direction. As a leader, you need to understand how to build a high-performing culture and your responsibilities for making it happen. I’ve found that there are six components to building a high-performing culture.

Define the culture

First, you have to define the culture. What is high performance? What are the desired behaviors? How will you know when you’ve achieved a high-performing culture?

Set direction

Second, set direction. What’s the vision for the organization? What’s the organization’s purpose? You have to be able to articulate this to the team.

Communicate

Third is communicating the culture. What are the communication vehicles and techniques you’re going to use to reinforce culture every day?

Organize

You’ll have to organize your team to support the culture. How will you build your teams? What processes are you going to create for recruiting and talent development?

Manage performance

You’ll have to manage performance. What are the goals of the organization? How are you going to measure people’s performance? How do you create the right behavioral incentives?

Live the culture

Last, you’re going to have to live the culture every day. How are you going to capture culture moments and provide feedback to people to reinforce desired behaviors and to get rid of behaviors that are counter to the culture you’re trying to build?

As a leader, creating this high performing culture is something that you can achieve. You just have to make sure that you take the right steps to get your organization there.

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