What do we mean by a “culture of excellence?”
Being excellent has an influence on how people interact with each other, on how the work is performed, and on their sense of personal happiness.
A “culture of excellence” is a way of choice resulted from thinking and shown as a commitment to go beyond the ordinary. It is not just a set of procedures. A Culture of excellence requires recognizing the importance of each individual and a willingness to step outside the “comfort zones.”
CE means to find the most effective and efficient way to fulfill the organization’s values, vision, and mission expressed in day-to-day operations.
In order to support business excellence, the culture of excellence has to empower and engage all the people within an organization to think out of the box.
Nurture a culture of excellence allows companies to be forward-looking.
CE requires a willingness to invent the future by involving everyone, not just part of the organization. CE supports teams to function together as business champions of change & excellence. They have to contribute and to participate actively to assure, preserve and develop the competitiveness and well being of the whole organization.
Why Culture of excellence is important.
Company culture can be similar to the foundation of a skyscraper. If you don’t have the right strong foundation in place, you won’t achieve your performance goals — no matter how much time and money you spend. Many executives mistakenly think of corporate culture as an intangible concept. Culture goes way beyond the inspirational quotes on the wall, corporate events, and staff parties. Several industry leaders suppose that they can fix the culture by team building activities or skill training. For sure, the development of the company's human resources is critical, but these types of one time events are like a doorbell, it rings only when you push on it, take your finger away and the sound stops. The same happens with team motivation.
Team building activities and training sessions tend to address only the symptoms and not the core problem of culture.
If you want the team is inspired consistently it's necessary to replace the doorbell with a light switch. When you have excellent culture implemented in your organization you don't need to spend so much energy on motivation programs that works only in the short-term that fades away as teams go back to their old habits, returning to their Comfort zone.
Culture of excellence is when an organization's processes lasting in the long term.
You equip your teams with the right mindset and skills to be engaged and focus on creating the desired results.
By working on a culture of excellence, you are both addressing the core cause of any problems you may be experiencing, and accessing the solution to real growth and the business results you want to achieve.
By prioritizing culture you are unlocking the full potential of a company, create organizational capacity and a structure that empowers focuses and engages employees.
Even though culture is sometimes referred to as something intangible, it definitely is tangible and can be quantified and measured.
The Bottom Line Results You’ve Been Looking For.
Because the culture of excellence deals with every aspect of your business, you can expect to see measurable improvements in productivity, revenue generation, retention of high performers, and profitability.
You can expect the following behaviors and results to become a natural state in your company:
Considerably improved engagement, alignment, and team collaboration working toward common goals
Loyalty and commitment to the vision and values of the organization
People who are happy and proud to be part of something ‘Meaningful’ that they are creating together
Increased efficiencies and productivity
More satisfied customers that keep on coming back
Building a Culture of Excellence will enable you to attract and hire the best people, increase engagement amongst your current people, and improve your overall performance and profitability.
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