We often hear from top management that what they want is to
build a ‘good’ corporate culture. What does it mean though? What would you
advise them to do to bring ‘good’ corporate culture into your organisation?
Hard to say… Corporate culture is very individual. It is basically
the whole collection of things, behaviors, plans and ways to interact with
business partners that triggers how business model is led.
It is truism that corporate culture should support making ‘good’
business decisions. Again, the question is how and what decision?
If your goal is to earn big money in a short time, you need
to take fast actions, risky projects and stretch your resources. Your culture
will be based on values of hazard, speed, and greed. If you only concentrate your
objectives on money, you will seek for easy ways of making it. It can bring you
benefits in form of € on your bank account, however what really happens in the
culture of speed and rush is STRESS.
“When stress is the basic state of mind, even good things stress us out. We have to learn to let go.”
― Sakyong Mipham, Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind
To build a ‘good’ culture we should first understand what is
not good for our organisation. Isn’t that too much to use lessons from Tibetan
lama? I truly advise, it is not too much. Taking lessons from people who achieved
balance and wisdom can only leverage you as a person and your organisation.
Why
is that? First of all because they do concentrate on values: love, hope, care, sagacity.
Second of all, because they do not focus on ‘me’ but on others.
“The wise are balanced, and the foolish are extreme.”
― Sakyong Mipham, Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind
If you want to create a ‘good’ corporate culture, it is
essential that you concentrate all your efforts and your resources on the act
of creation. It will never work if you only engage partially.
“In the modern culture of speed, we seem to not do anything fully. We are half watching television and half using the computer; we are driving while talking on the phone; we have a hard time having even one conversation; when we sit down to eat, we are reading a newspaper and watching television, and even when we watch television, we are flipping through channels. This quality of speed gives life a superficial feeling: we never experience anything fully. We engage ourselves in these activities in order to live a full life, but being speedy”
― Sakyong Mipham, Running with the Mind of Meditation: Lessons for Training Body and Mind
Good and solid corporate culture is about promoting good and
solid activities and achievements. It is all about MAKING GOOD THINGS INSTINCTIVELY.
Bear with 3 key elements and promote them..
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