Company Culture in Operational Excellence

The Role of Company Culture in Operational Excellence

At heart, Operational Excellence is an element of organizational leadership the employs numerous methodologies and tools, focusing on the sustainable improvement of outstanding performance metrics. Alongside this, Corporate culture is the collection of values, visions, missions, and day-to-day aspects of communication and operational goals that create the atmosphere that permeates and determines how employees work in their organization.

According to the Barrett Values Centre, "Vibrant cultures have high levels of performance because they create internal cohesion, attract talented people, and inspire employees to go the extra mile."

Without a company culture that promotes the behaviours and actions of Operational Excellence and Continuous improvement, an Operational Excellence Program is unable to embed itself in the long-term across any organization.

Components of a Company Culture

Whilst a company culture has many interwoven threads, there are a few key defining components that can make or break a company culture:

Vision - Good vision statements can even help orient customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
Values - While a vision articulates a company’s purpose, values offer a set of guidelines on the behaviors and mindsets needed to achieve that vision.
Practices - If an organization professes, “people are our greatest asset,” it should also be ready to invest in people in visible ways.
People - No company can build a coherent culture without people who either share its core values or possess the willingness and ability to embrace those values.

"Culture is back on the corporate agenda. As leaders deal with the demands of increased complexity – whether managing financial and environmental risk, navigating new markets, assimilating new types of technologies, or building a strategy for organic growth – many recognize the momentum that comes with a responsive, energized culture." – Art Kleiner and Rutger von Post

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Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement

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Take a look below for video presentations, white papers and more on the importance of, and how to create, a culture of Operational Excellence.

Improve your productivity with a Company culture of Operational Excellence

Cultural Transformation in Operational Excellence Videos:

Mutual of Omaha: The Critical Role of Culture in Strategy Execution

WATCH NOW: How an Operational Excellence Culture can be your Company’s Biggest Success Factor

WATCH NOW: A Systematic Approach to Creating a Culture of Structured Problem Solving

WATCH NOW: From Worst to First—Changing Culture to Drive Performance

WATCH NOW: Transforming the Culture - Create a Lean and Continuous Improvement Culture in your Existing Business, Ingersoll Rand

Operational Excellence: What is it? Strategy, definitions and more

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Award-Winning Case Studies

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