Why do organizations invest in organizational culture? Culture influences organizational performance, innovation, agility, engagement, and competitiveness. Research shows that a toxic culture decreases productivity with 40%, while an effective culture increases productivity with 20%, and a positive culture even with 30-40%.

Use the OCAI tool on this website to assess the culture and start the process to develop organizational culture.

The Organizational Culture Assessment Instrument (OCAI, ©Kim Cameron) is a validated tool for assessing organizational culture, developed by Robert Quinn and Kim Cameron at the University of Michigan. It is based on the Competing Values Framework: one of the most used and useful frameworks in business (over 10,000 companies in 30 years). The online OCAI takes about 15 minutes.

We also use Organizational cultural inventory, Organizational effectiveness inventory, and also assess customer satisfaction styles for your organization.

THE BENEFITS FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION

Apply the OCI in your organization and you will provide members at all levels with an understanding of how they are currently expected to approach their work and interact with one another- and how the existing norms either support or interfere with problem solving and task performance. You will also empower them to create a vision of the ideal culture in terms of the behaviors that would enable them and the organization to execute strategic initiatives, achieve goals, and attain the mission. The OCI provides leaders and members with the data they need and a language for conversations about where they are now, where they want to be, and how they are going to get there.

The OCI is invaluable for:

• signaling and/or validating the need for cultural transformation
• supporting programs to enhance strategy implementation, employee engagement and inclusion, quality and reliability, and/or customer service
• gauging and improving organizational readiness for culture change
• addressing barriers to (and enablers of) agility, adaptability, and innovation
• facilitating mergers, acquisitions, and strategic alliances
• evaluating the impact of change efforts using the culture assessment again and again to measure progress and identify what’s working and what is not

The OCI can be facilitated by C’S|3 accredited consultants to work with you to build a custom development program for your organization or the organizations you support.