Cultural Change Mentoring: Understanding Culture and How to Change...

All of our work involves encouraging and shaping cultural change. Business change is inevitably accompanied with and to some degree facilitated by cultural change. Which aspects of business culture need to change and by how much varies from case to case, from business to business, and often from department to department.

Business culture is influenced by a complex mixture of factors - national and/or regional influences, organisational structure, business sector, company size etc. The permutations of these factors and the resulting range of business cultures makes understanding, let alone changing business culture a daunting task. Add to this the personal characteristics of the individuals involved and it’s clear why there is no clear “recipe” for changing business culture.

At CPIS we have experience of working with many different cultures:- European (Northern, Southern, Eastern & Western), North American, Asian, Far Eastern; Multinationals, Large Corporations, Government Organisations, SMEs, Start-ups; Communications, Defence, Financial Services; Software, Electronics, Mechanical; Research, Development, Maintenance, Support, Service Provision etc.

At CPIS we have the considerable advantage of being external to our clients; we can’t be “part of the problem”, and hence we are able to more easily identify the most likely obstacles to change in each different organisational culture that we come across. We help our clients understand what needs to be changed and why, then we advise on how to make the necessary changes, which are sometimes radical, but more often are improvements and minor changes to what’s already in place – just like the most effective process improvement.

Please contact us to discuss how we can help.