Seeds of Culture: Improve Organizational Performance by Growing a Culture of Commitment

Culture is grown, not built

Why do so many organizations get culture so wrong?

Because too many leaders think like a carpenter instead of a farmer. Culture is often referred to in construction terms, such as "Let's build our culture," or "We need to lay a solid foundation for culture." Culture doesn't work that way. It's an organic process. Culture is grown, not built.

In Seeds of Culture, author Dan Bredeson discusses

• how an organization's culture affects performance,
• the six traits of s...