Many people talk about and recognize the importance of employee culture. But when it comes to identifying and defining what employee culture is, a lot of people struggle.

At Talent Elevated, we define culture  as shared attitudes, norms, behaviors, and beliefs. This is a broad definition, but it covers the many ways we bump into each other within organizations.

As my guest today, executive coach Dr. Kathy Crockett shares, the teams she works with will describe issues in relationships or in character or misalignments between people, but don’t necessarily describe those in terms of employee culture.

In our conversation, we’ll talk about why fostering an employee culture that supports strategic goals is vital to success and sustainability, how respect and trust lay the foundation for relationships at work, and how executives can empower their teams to take individual action towards intentional culture.

Dr. Kathy Crockett is an executive coach and partners with organizations in customized strategic planning, employee leadership development, speaking and training. She has served as a university professor in business for over 25 years. She also served as Interim President for an organization that had an unexpected crisis and worked to transition the organization to new leadership. Kathy is chair of the board for the Pure Hope Foundation and an executive board member for Parkridge Medical Clinic and Mission Lazarus.

Listen to the full episode to hear:

• Why culture is at the core of sustainable results, even through challenging times
• How intentional culture supports strategic decision-making throughout an organization
• Why organizations need to be able to document culture as well as performance
• How executive fatigue and overpacked schedules get in the way of culture building
• How trust, or lack thereof, impacts leaders and organizations
• How leaders can facilitate productively considering strategy and culture together

Learn More About Dr. Kathy Crockett:

• Kathy Crockett + Co
• Connect on LinkedIn

Learn More About Heather Smith:

• Talent Elevated

Resources:

• FranklinCovey
• The 13 Behaviours of High Trust - FranklinCovey
• BRAVING Definitions - Brené Brown