Practicing What We Preach: Creating a Culture to Support Mission Command
Thomas M. Williams
Author’s Note. This is a practical guide for unit cultural change - a simple yet powerful tool for command teams to create shared understanding around “what is,†what we would prefer, but most importantly, how to discuss what change means on a day-to-day basis.
When people join an organization, they quickly learn that there is a correct way to perceive, think, feel, and act.[1] In short, they learn the organization’s culture. This culture usually informs how everyone behaves. It permeates areas such as problem solving, decision making, communications, and promotions. It creates insiders and mavericks.
The established insiders of an organization usually like the culture as-is because it led to their success. They do not like change because it puts the mavericks on par, or worse, in charge. Imagine that, they harrumph; we have standards, after all
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