Today I’m heading to the cornfields of rural Indiana to spend the week at Taylor University to work on an ongoing discipleship/spiritual formation and vision project for them. I’ve also been asked to speak at the National Student Leadership Conference at Taylor where the topic is culture and leadership and the relationship between the two.
I’m privileged to share the platform with Andy Crouch, author of the book Culturemaking. I’m eager to speak on the topic of culture and leadership, but even more eager to learn from other presenters and student-leaders.
I’m curious to hear: do you think it’s possible to “create culture” or is that too presumptuous or complex to assume that’s what leaders do?
Rhea said...
1I think that it’s possible to “create culture”…I just don’t think that it’s (generally) the leaders who do it. It’s been my personal experience that when it *is* the leaders who are creating the culture, it’s some sort of negative situation….a culture of shame…a culture that never questions authority….a culture that is either a cult, or cult-like.
02/20/12 10:19 AM | Comment Link
Quinn said...
2Organizational culture has been studied quite extensively by management scholars. Yes, leaders can create (or change) culture, but it’s a complicated process. Case studies of NASA and the Red Cross are common in classes on organizational culture.
02/21/12 1:24 AM | Comment Link