Understanding How Organizational Culture and Climate Impact Training

PRESENTED BY ASTD-Lincoln

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In today's competitive business environment, organizations are looking for ways to gain an advantage over their competitors. Successful organizations realize the value of creating a positive work environment that is pleasant, motivates employees to be committed and effective performers, retains talented employees, reduces turnover, and enhances job performance and satisfaction.

An understanding of your organization's culture and climate can help in building the kind of positive work environment that can mean the difference between success and failure in today's fast-changing business environment. It can also mean the difference between developing an extraordinarily successful training program over one that has little impact on employees. The elements of culture and climate are the driving forces behind your organization's communication effectiveness, customer service attitudes, employee motivation, employee commitment, and managerial effectiveness.

It is not uncommon for those on the inside of an organization to have difficulty "seeing" the organization's culture and climate. Unfortunately, the elements of your organization's culture and climate operate at both the conscious and subconscious level, which makes "seeing" the culture and climate even more difficult. Imagine if you were asked to describe your organization to an outsider. How would you answer the following questions about your organization?

• What 10 words best describe your organization?
  
• What is really important?
  
• Who gets promoted?
  
• What behaviors get rewarded?
  
• Who fits in and who doesn't?
  

This learning event will assist you in starting to "see" your organization's climate and culture, understand its significant impact on your training efforts, and give you tips on how to use this understanding to make a greater impact on your organization.

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