In this episode, Kami and Ishreen continue their discussion about the positive role having a clear purpose and being true to it plays in how organisations work. Including how their culture evolves.

They also talk about the danger of taking things too far and inadvertently creating a “culture fit” environment. Trying to get everyone to think and work in the same way and not allowing people to question decisions.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Don´t fall into the trap of pushing everyone to be the same. 

• In today's challenging world, being able to tap into different perspectives brings huge benefits.
• A diverse organisation will find it easier to develop and sell the products and services people really want.
• Everyone is different. They will, therefore, contribute in different ways to fulfilling the company's purpose.

BEST MOMENTS 

“You can have a purpose statement and people will align with it from different places.”

“We want cultural diversity, we want to add to our culture, not take away from it.”

“A diverse organisation will improve its performance.”

VALUABLE RESOURCES

Website: https://belongingpioneers.com/privilege-research-and-podcast

Email: equitychampions@belongingpioneers.com

Useful links: https://linktr.ee/BelongingPioneers

ABOUT THE HOSTS

Ishreen Bradley is a Strategic Pioneer who guides Professional Leaders to navigate complex situations and achieve success with clarity, confidence, and courage. Her focus is to cultivate mindsets and cultures that acknowledge valuable differences, inclusive behaviours and authentic leadership.  She advises, consults, trains, and coaches senior leaders through her compassionate, intuitive and incisive approach - facilitating them to develop themselves and their teams towards their growth strategy. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ishreenbradley/

Kami Nuttall is a culture at work expert, derived from 20 years of experience working with organisations, seeing how they work from a governance, risk, ways of working and people perspectives - understanding the human experience at work. And because she is committed to human development, she is building on her psychology and social anthropology background – she has trained with the Anti-Discrimination Foundation on culture, heritage, and anti-discrimination practices, and is a qualified hypnotherapist. Her purpose is to help leaders create cultures that are inclusive, and psychologically safe, that enable people to safely speak up.  She is driven to do this work because of her belief that organisations should maintain and evidence high standards of accountability towards their people and customers.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaminuttall-cultureguru-cultureauditor/