{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Assistant Principal Podcast","title":"A School Leader’s Guide to Building Culture","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1804,"description":"A School Leader’s Guide to Building Culture  Show Description:“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” -Peter Drucker, Author “Culture is like the wind. It is invisible; yet its effect can be seen and felt.” -Bryan Walker, Partner and Managing Director, Ideo “Corporate culture is really hard to define; it’s the side effects of working for your organization.” -Jacob Morgan, Author, The Future of Work How can you build a great culture if we can’t see or define it? It requires hard work, but it is not as complicated as it seems. Today, I will demystify organizational culture by helping you define it, understand the components, and learn the process for improving it. If you are a regular listener, and/or read my daily email, and/or have read my book, A School Leader’s Guide to Reclaiming Purpose, then you will hear several of my most common themes and ideas woven together in a way that I have not really articulated previously. The Big Idea How do we build a better culture?·      Why is culture important?o   Easier to do great work in a great cultureo   Culture is the rising tide that lifts all boatso   Recruitment, development, and retention·      What is culture?o   A reflection of the degree of alignment within an organization; a sum of the inner forceso   The six dimensions of organizations·      MVP path to growing your culture: Align the purpose, structures, and resources to make it easier for people to do the work AND help people develop the knowledge, skills, dispositions, and health they need to be good at what they do.·      What do we mean by alignment?o   Clarity and consistency of purpose, driven by the peopleo   Structures make focusing on core work easier§  Teacher lesson plan example§  ILT example§  Flow of information (district example)o   Resources are invested in the core work, distractions are eliminated, attention is protectedo   People receive training in the areas they need (KSDH)·      How do we get there?o   Relationships (four phases)§  Learn:...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R9NMe_5dyHuYObgJIvbL7uDONkSHVV41r7Q-QyBj5Y8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE1MDYzLzE2MzEx/ODcxMjItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}