Culture of Excellence

Team performance begins with team culture. Let’s take the simple approach to culture. Culture defines a team’s values and guides the behaviors supporting those values. Culture clarifies priorities. Knowing priorities shapes actions necessary to fulfill priorities. The team’s culture must be supported by the team’s climate, or the work environment necessary to support the culture. Organizational confusion plagues many teams. A culture appropriately communicated and supported by leaders clears up confusion. A culture of operational excellence establishes that the team will know its objectives, instills the team discipline necessary to take the right actions, and sets the expectations that the team strives for perfection.