Knowing servant leadership involves more than head knowledge. It means shifting your own paradigms and beginning to walk the talk. Dare to solicit some feedback from those who work for you. Isn t it ludicrous to think that you could transform a culture without having the individuals change. If you make yourself the exception, forget the transformation.
Every organization has an organizational culture.
The culture is determined, consciously or unconsciously, by executive leadership sometimes by just one dominant leader. The organization s culture, more than any other factor, determines the results the organization achieves. Small organizations may have a single culture, while very large organizations may have a dominant corporate culture and numerous subcultures. The culture represents the organization s worldview and what it considers to be reality. Culture is made up of various artifacts, values and assumptions.