What should I look for to help me evaluate our Organizational Culture?

To quickly evaluate your organizational culture, ask the people within the organization to answer questions similar to these:

• What ideas and beliefs do the people at the top of the organization hold as true and inviolate? 

• How do your coworkers feel about sharing their ideas among themselves and with management?

• How are employees evaluated and promotions given?

• What is the organization's image in the marketplace?

• What would it take to implement change?

The answers to these questions provide directions for analysis and improvement. It is only by accurately gauging the existing situation that revision and renewal can take place.