Cultivate
Measure, build and sustain a high-performing and flourishing culture
“Culture is created from the (unspoken) messages that are received about how people are expected to behave. It is the patterns of behaviour that are encouraged or discouraged by people or systems over time.” – Carolyn Taylor, “Walking the Talk” (2005)
Keogh Consulting has worked with organisations for over three decades to successfully build and transform their cultures.
We combine this experience with an extensive literature review, input from subject matter experts and discussions with clients, to present Cultivate.
Cultivate is designed for and available to organisations who aspire to build a high-performing culture, where people flourish and benefits flow to the bottom line.
Download our whitepaper to learn more about our culture model, Cultivate.
When you have a positive culture, everything points in the right direction.
– Ian Geddes, Senior Associate, Keogh Consulting
About Cultivate
The Cultivate model identifies three dimensions and 13 elements that are strongly correlated with:
- People flourishing in the workplace
- High performance in the workplace
Cultivate shines a light on the behaviours that support high organisational performance and an environment where people can flourish.
Benefits of Cultivate
1. Designed for today’s workforce
Informed by subject matter experts and over two years of deep research, our culture model, Cultivate, gives you a clear picture of what today’s changing workplace culture needs.
2. Get a true measure of culture
Our approach goes to the heart of how culture is built. Cultivate shines a light on the behaviours supporting high and sustainable organisational performance, and an environment where people can flourish.
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3. Invest in a toolbox, not just a diagnosis
Cultivate offers you the model, tailored approach and tools to build a positive workplace culture. This includes our Cultivate Survey to measure your current organisational culture – an important benchmark.
4. Align your culture to your business strategy
By first understanding your strategy and then measuring your current organisational culture, our holistic approach helps you to focus on the vital few behaviours key to successful strategy execution.
5. Attract and retain the best
Where good culture emerges, talent will follow. Our Cultivate Model and toolbox guides you to build an environment where people don’t just love coming to work – they actively seek you out as an employer of choice.
6. Watch your bottom line thrive
We map and measure your organisation against three key dimensions and 13 individual elements underpinning business performance, as a starting point from which to build your desired future culture.
7. Get a holistic approach to building culture
When you embark upon the Cultivate culture change journey, you will experience a comprehensive and rigorous approach that will set you on the right path to take you from where your culture is now to where it needs to be.
8. Boost your change readiness
Cultivate maps out your organisation’s change-readiness to help you prepare for the culture change and maximise your chances of success.
Measuring Culture. Our Cultivate Survey.
A true measure of contemporary culture, our Cultivate survey, measures the frequency of behaviours, in plain language, demonstrated against the 13 elements of the Cultivate model.
The survey also measures:
- The readiness of the organisation to undertake change
- Where the focus of the culture is now and what is most important for the future
This allows organisations to undertake additional actions to boost their change capability before launching their culture action plans, and to appropriately prioritise culture actions.
Our Cultivate Core Offering
Our core offering is underpinned by our Cultivate model and incorporates tried-and-true approaches to achieving successful culture change. Using the Keogh Way, we partner with you to:
1. Discover
Where are you now?
Through focus groups, 1:1 interviews, desktop research and the deployment of our Cultivate Survey we confirm your current state culture.
2. Imagine
Where do you want to be?
Through a facilitated Executive workshop, we will explore what you want your future state culture to look, sound and feel like, and build this out through cascaded discussions through the organisation.
3. Design
What does the change look like?
We collate and analyse the results of the Cultivate Survey, focus groups and interviews and conduct a gap analysis between your current and desired future state culture. We then present our findings and draft recommendations to the Executive and discuss key gaps and opportunities; potential organisational priority focus areas and quick wins.
4. Commit
Are you committed to the change?
We work with the Executive to present and discuss the current state findings and draft priority culture actions to Senior Leadership. Once priority actions and quick wins are agreed, a high-level roadmap is created that outlines the initiatives you will undertake across three Horizons: short, medium and long-term.
During this stage, we upskill internal People and Culture practitioners and other nominees. This empowers them to cascade Cultivate Survey results, and partner with leaders to build local culture action plans aligned to the organisational plan.
5. Plan
How do you plan on making the change happen?
Based on the roadmap, we partner with you to co-create a detailed 12-month implementation plan. This will include the appropriate governance structure to oversee the implementation, and the required budget and resourcing.
6. Implement
How will you mobilise and deliver the change?
Our core offering includes quarterly reviews with you over the first 12 months of implementation.
7. Review
How do you measure and monitor progress?
Our core offering includes the deployment of a Cultivate Pulse Survey six months after the commencement of your implementation plan. This will enable you to track progress against your priority action items and pivot where needed.
Who we’ve worked with
What we are up to
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There’s no one to blame; that’s exactly the point. Let’s move toward healthy transparency, communication, empowerment, trust and collaboration.
Speak directly with:
Margit Mansfield
Chief Executive Officer
margit@keoghconsulting.com.au
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