Organizational Culture

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Organizational culture insights

An analysis of earnings calls since 2010 shows that mentions of organizational culture have increased by 12% annually, making company culture the most discussed talent issue. Despite estimated average annual spending of more than $2,000 per employee, only three in 10 HR leaders are confident their organization has the workplace culture it needs to drive future business performance.

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    Shift from a people-focused to a process-focused culture

    The key differentiator that underlies an organization's culture performance is not choosing a particular company culture, but rather how to get your employees to demonstrate the culture your organization needs. To improve your culture, your organization must shift from a people-focused culture playbook to a process-focused playbook, which can increase employee performance by 22%.
    Shifting from a people-focused culture to a process-focused culture can increase employee performance by 22%

    Organizational culture insights you can use

    Gartner organizational culture insights, tools and advice can help you design, measure and align employees with a culture that drives business outcomes and improves employee engagement and the employee experience overall.

    Get employees to model a high-performance culture

    Gartner expert Brian Kropp shares how shifting from a people-focused strategy to one that is process-focused helps build a strong organizational culture.

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    Maximize the role of organizational leaders in work culture

    This guidance showcases how to leverage organizational culture as a powerful leadership tool and improve employee performance, meet revenue goals and talent management goals. 

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    Discuss organizational culture with investors

    The number of conversations about organizational culture in earnings calls grows every year as investors try to understand how a firm’s human resource strategy affects business outcomes. Gartner has collected trends and insights using recent earnings call data to help you craft remarks and anticipate questions about corporate culture during earning calls.  

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    How Gartner helps CHROs with organizational culture

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    CHRO Global Leadership Board: Playbook for the New Talent Deal

    This playbook offers a framework that helps HR and business leaders understand the key shifts in employee expectations and what these changes mean for future human resource needs. Leverage the insights included to guide your culture initiatives.

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    Three Culture Conversations Every CEO Must Have With Their Head of HR

    Despite investments in company culture, only one-third of organizations have the culture they actually need to drive future business performance. Gartner has identified three essential conversations CEOs should have with their CHROs to establish a culture that drives performance.

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    Creating a Culture of Talent Mobility

    HR leaders need to change the culture around internal career moves to allow the workforce to fully realize the opportunities available across the organization. In this presentation we detail how to assess current culture around talent mobility and encourage employees to act on opportunities.

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    Organizational culture case studies

    How Gartner helps to build an inclusive organizational culture

    Laurie Roy, VP of Human Resources and Global Talent Management for Alcoa, discusses how she leveraged Gartner’s advisory services to redefine Alcoa’s culture to be more inclusive in terms of development opportunities. 
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    We’ve invested in everything from external consultants to employee training. But when we look at where we were before these efforts and where our culture is now, it’s as if nothing has happened, and we are back to square one.
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