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THE KEY TO SUCCESS: ALIGNING LEADERSHIP AND CULTURE
Author(s) -
Myatt Mike
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
leader to leader
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1531-5355
pISSN - 1087-8149
DOI - 10.1002/ltl.20138
Subject(s) - courage , scarcity , organizational culture , organizational chart , key (lock) , transactional leadership , moral courage , public relations , psychology , sociology , management , political science , social psychology , law , computer science , computer security , economics , microeconomics
Organizations need healthy cultures, and such cultures are created intentionally, by design. Myatt contrasts the old paradigm of managing culture with the new paradigm of leading culture. The former punishes failure, for instance, while the latter encourages risk. Leading a healthy culture means we must have courage; and the good news is that courage is teachable and learnable. We should consider it more a decision than a skill. Leadership should happen on a day‐to‐day basis throughout the organization, not just for those highest on the organization chart. “When in doubt,” Myatt writes, “think ubiquity not scarcity.”