Culture Bites

How we think about ourselves, the world, people and the events around us, has a profound impact on our ability to be effective in the choices we make around our health and our well-being. RISE is an acronym for a 4 step technique and practice created by Head of Consulting Corinne Canter, that provides you with an effective and structured approach to helping clients move from defensive to constructive thinking and behaving. It blends the best of neuroscience, psychology and mindfulness to empower people with the ability to shift their thinking into a more supportive, ‘inner coaching’ space. Learn more in the episode of Culture Bites.

This week on the Culture Bites Podcast, Head of Consulting Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley answer a question from a listener; about the pros and cons for centralising or decentralising the ownership of culture within the organisation. Who should own culture and where should it sit?

If you’ve found some groups are more challenging to work with – whether they’re a leadership group or not quite on board with a program; Dominic Gourley and Liana Sangster shares some tips for what you can do to set up a program for success on this episode of Culture Bites.

At our Virtual Culture and Leadership Conference this year, we shared a range of client culture stories and one thing the audience wanted more of was tips for working on their own culture change. Head of Consulting Corinne Canter shares her tips for Accredited Practitioners working on culture and what thing to keep in mind.

Head of Consulting Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley answer a letter from a listener in this week’s Culture Bites Podcast Episode. “I’ve been an AP both internal as a HR Director and now external to companies as a consultant for over 10 years, I use the LSI and OCI as often as I can with my clients… sometimes I hear “I had a bad experience with the LSI/OCI etc. and I am not sure that I want to use that tool again” from clients. I was wondering how you would deal with this and hints on how we might speak to this” Corinne and Dominic give you tips on how to handle previous experiences with the tools.

We often talk about the Circumplex, and how we use it measure thinking and behaviour – It isn’t about good, bad, right or wrong; but it is about effectiveness, whether it’s at an individual, teams or organisational level. On this week’s episode of Culture Bites, Dominic Gourley and Liana Sangster discuss effectiveness and what we really mean when we talk about it.

Leaders and managers have a significant impact on those around them and on the culture and performance of their organisation. Their development is critical to employee engagement and organisational performance. So what can you expect by doing your own Leadership/Impact® (L/I) or Management/Impact™ (M/I)? Dominic Gourley and Liana Sangster discuss the L/I and M/I diagnostic: What it is, how it works and what you can expect by receiving your own results.

In last week’s episode of Culture Bites, Dominic Gourley and Liana Sangster touched on the Triple A Model – Awareness, Acceptance, Action; and how people move through the different stages, as part of framing up an LSI debrief. You might find some people want to skip the acceptance stage and move straight into action planning, only accepting on surface level. Dominic and Liana explore the model further and give you some tips to moving people between the stages, particularly helping people move from Awareness to Acceptance.

Everyone will have their own approach to a debriefing the Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI), but there are some key elements you should discuss prior to debriefing the report. Consultants Dominic Gourley and Liana Sangster answer a question from a listener about how you frame up an LSI debrief; How do you come into the session and set the scene before going through the report, and what are the key elements to discuss.

Mental health is a big topic right now, with lots of articles in the media and the current situation taking a toll on people’s mental health potentially due to added stress financially and a huge change in our lifestyles. Dominic Gourley and Sam Mead take this opportunity to talk specifically about men’s mental health and that the more we talk about it, the more it's accepted into society; How it’s also ok not to be ok, and it’s ok to ask for help.

This week on Culture Bites, Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley answer a letter from a listener. “Our organisation has a very passive/defensive culture and a recent staff survey demonstrated an alarming absence of trust, some key themes include a feeling that decisions aren’t transparent or fair, people wanting to maintain the status quo and not rock the boat, people feeling scared to ask for help, leaders being afraid to give honest feedback and a disconnect between a leaders words and actions. How would you suggest the organisation starts to build trust?”

At our Culture and Leadership Conference this year, one of the topics we covered was the Future of Work, which started a lot of conversations and thoughts around the subject. Dominic Gourley and fellow consultant Sam Mead talk about past predictions of what the future of work would look like and now that we’ve been forced into it due to COVID-19 what the differences are – the future of work has arrived.

Michael Bungay Stanier talks about his new book: 'The Advice Trap - Be Humble, Stay Curious, & Change the Way You Lead Forever' Michael is the founder of Box of Crayons, which is a learning and development company with over 17 years experience creating and delivering practical learning experiences that unleash the power of curiosity to create connected and engaged company cultures. Learn more about Box of Crayons - https://boxofcrayons.com/

At the heart of Phocas is a commitment to their values - to make life ‘fun, fulfilling and forever’ for Phocas customers, employees and investors. CEO & Co-founder Myles Glashier and Chief People Officer, Karen Hailwood recently shared the Phocas story of transformation at this year’s Asia-Pacific Culture and Leadership Conference. On this Culture Bites episode, they talk more about their journey.

Following on for their presentation at this year’s Virtual Asia-Pacific Conference, we take a deep dive into Sandoz’s culture transformation with Guy Strong, Country Head Australia & New Zealand and Head of People & Culture Asia, Clarette Crame; as they tell the story of how they turned Sandoz around…with incredible results! Got a topic you want us to cover on the podcast? Email podcast@human-synergistics.com.au

Can you copy culture? With culture being the competitive advantage, Dominic Gourley asks our Managing Director David Byrum “Can you copy Culture? And if not, why?”. Find out on this week’s episode of Culture Bites. Join us for this year's Asia-Pacific Virtual Culture and Leadership Conference. Register today at www.human-synergistics.com.au/Conference/

How do you measure the success of a culture change or leadership development program? David Byrum and Dominic Gourley discuss how you can prove the value of a culture change or leadership development program to your leader or organisation, and how to measure the success and difference it’s made to the organisation. Join us for this year's Asia-Pacific Virtual Culture and Leadership Conference. Register today at www.human-synergistics.com.au/Conference/

Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley have been doing a series over the past few weeks on growing the Constructive styles, focusing on the styles through a thinking and behaviour lens as used in the Life Styles Inventory™ (LSI). This week they finish off the series by talking about the Affiliative Style - How do you explain this style, how does it differ from the other constructive styles and what can people do to start growing this style. - Join us for this year's Asia-Pacific Virtual Culture and Leadership Conference. Register today at www.human-synergistics.com.au/Conference/

Following on from past episodes about the Constructive Styles, Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley talk this week about Humanistic Encouraging – How do you explain this style, how does it differ from the other constructive styles and what can people do to start growing this style.

Following on from past episodes about the Self-Actualising and Perfectonistic Style, Corinne Canter and Dominic Gourley talk this week about the Achievement style – What is it, how does it differ from the other constructive styles in mindset and behaviour and what can people do to start growing this style. - Join us for this year's Asia-Pacific Virtual Culture and Leadership Conference. Register today at https://www.human-synergistics.com.au/Conference/