Category Archive for : ‘Culture’

I recently was introduced to this short but very powerful three-minute video that literally can change your life, and your organization’s culture. Of course, changing your company’s or nonprofit’s culture is a bit more challenging than just watching this video, but the premise and lessons taught in here are transformational.

Please take a three-minute time-out and watch.

So…where are you? Or where are you, most of the time?

And who decides where you are? Exactly!!! As the great philosopher, Kim Becker says often, “Life is about choices.”

I was facilitating a session with a

I’m a big fan of “Welcome to Wrexham” a phenomenally popular show about a football team (soccer for you Americans) located in Wales. Recently it struck me how this club has the three essential elements for a dynamic, healthy culture and in huge proportions.

(Bonus piece at the end – it’s worth it!)

Ryan Reynolds (of Deadpool and many of other great movies) and Rob McElhenney (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) bought the Wrexham club during COVID. The show chronicles the clubs unbelievable love affair with football, and how after decades of

I have a client whose top leadership is very aware that they have employees that are “culture killers.” They’re not everywhere, and it’s not everyone, but there are enough people in the organization who are toxic that it’s having enormous negative implications.

On the upside, the leadership is also fully embracing a new process to assess and enhance the culture. They’re also not naïve that this is just some “project” or “motivational program” that can be accomplished overnight. This is a process that will take several years of consistent work with

by Brian Becker

I’m beginning a new series of posts about culture. Why? Because the more experiences I have as a consultant and executive coach, I realize that everything is affected by culture.

Peter Drucker, organizational guru for over 30 years was right when he said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” It doesn’t matter how smart you are, how on-target your goals are or how much you want to succeed. If the culture is weak or dysfunctional, it will negatively affect everything!

Culture is the intangible made up by myriad forces that are