How Healthy Is Your Organization's DNA?

Did you know that a company has DNA, just as other living organisms? It's true! Your company's DNA is comprised of seven vital genes that shape your cultures future ability to learn, grow and change in the face of business challenges.

The acronym CHANGES will help you remember the seven vital genes:

Community
Creating an environment of inclusion

Humanity
Having open, candid, and caring conversations

Aspirations
Striving for the future and setting the bar high

Navigation
Fostering collaboration to achieve goals

Generativity
Allowing the status quo to be challenged

Expression
Empowering others to speak in their own voice

Spirit
Celebrating success and recognizing achievements

 

	We have found that healthier organizations are WE-centric, which means that individuals are valued and respected and invited to participate in designing successful outcomes at every level of the organization.

7 Symptoms of at Risk Cultures

1. Win at all cost mentality.
2. Blaming others is the norm.
3. Backstabbing and parking lot conversations are prevalent.
4. Silos are present and permanent.
5. Fear keeps people from taking risks and being innovative.
6. Expressing a different viewpoint than those who are in power is not valued.
7. Ownership and empowerment are given to leaders not to everyone else.

With our DNA Assessment, it's easy to see if your organization is healthy or not. In the illustrations below, healthy genes are green, at risk genes are yellow, and unhealthy genes are red.

Unhealthy Culture

Healthy Culture

If you suspect that your organization is unhealthy, we can help you to reshape your company's DNA and generate new and healthy genes.