Whether your firm functions in a relatively ad hoc manner or it has more centralized management with many formal rules, as any organization, it is also run by unwritten rules. While these can be helpful, they can also be a serious obstacle to achieving stated objectives. An organization must identify them and take them seriously because they frequently conflict with written rules and policies for change and improvement. These unwritten rules really drive individual behavior because their existence means people have identified what it is in their self interest to do or not to do regardless of stated firm objectives. Unwritten rules infiltrate every aspect of an organization, affecting how to get assigned to the most desirable projects, who to be seen with, how to get promoted and what financial indicators and performance attributes are important to firm management.
Management is often unaware of what the unwritten rules are.
Rather than give you recommendations and leave you to fend for yourself, we stay on to work as a partner with you to implement change in whatever manner we agree is appropriate.