More than likely, your company is already doing employee engagement surveys as one measure of how you’re doing as a company. And the fact that you’re ‘measuring’ is a great thing!
However, most engagement surveys do NOT tell you everything you need to know to create and maintain a thriving company culture.
Most engagement surveys only measure the FRUIT—WHAT you can SEE.
To measure the ROOT—WHY things are what you see—you need a deeper dive into the values structure of the employees within your organization.
That is why we guide clients through a Cultural Values Assessment.
The Values Assessment makes the INTANGIBLE of culture TANGIBLE and unveils the heart of what’s truly driving culture.
You get to see:
- the top personal values of your employees,
- what they are currently experiencing in your culture on a day-to-day basis, and
- what they think is important and necessary moving forward to keep the company successful.
You are also able to compare whether the values the company SAYS they live by are actually being walked out daily in each business unit.
This process uncovers:
- areas of alignment,
- gaps and blind spots, as well as
- what level of *cultural ‘entropy’ exists in each business location and your company as a whole.
For context, *Cultural Entropy is the amount of energy consumed by unproductive work. It’s the measure of friction, frustration, dysfunction, conflict and fear that exists within a group.
- Do you know what level of ENTROPY you have in your team and organization?
- What values are ALIGNED or not aligned?
- Is your team EXPERIENCING the values you SAY are important to your organization?
VALUES DRIVE CULTURE.
And a healthy, thriving culture = a competitive advantage. But you can’t MANAGE what you don’t MEASURE.
Are you measuring the health (‘the root’ = values) of your company culture?