OCI Cultural Change
Our experience shows us that culture can be changed and sustained. Our industry-leading cultural assessments and experienced team can help you to unlock the secrets of cultural transformation and craft the right solution. Our success comes from long term and collaborative partnerships with our clients, allowing us to connect, provide timely guidance and support to their culture change plans and leadership development processes.
The Organizational Culture Inventory® (OCI®) is the world’s most thoroughly researched and widely used culture assessment for measuring organizational culture. The OCI goes beyond corporate culture, company culture, and workplace culture, as the cultural dimensions it measures apply to all types of organizations.
The product of more than 20 years of research and now using the latest survey technology, the OCI® measures the attributes of organizational culture (above and beyond company culture, workplace culture, and corporate culture) most closely related to the behaviour and performance of members. It reveals what members collectively believe is expected of them and how those behavioral norms influence their engagement and effectiveness — ultimately providing an unmatched foundation for constructively changing organizational culture.
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How it works
Two forms of the OCI® are available for culture assessment:
The standard OCI measures the current culture of an organization in terms of shared behavioural norms—that is, the behaviours that members believe are required to “fit in” and meet expectations. Members’ responses are combined and profiled on Human Synergistics Circumplex to show the relative strength of Constructive, Passive/Defensive, and Aggressive/Defensive norms within the organization.
The OCI-Ideal complements the current form of the OCI by identifying the optimal or preferred culture for the organization. It assesses the behaviors that leaders and other members believe should be expected to maximize effectiveness and enable the organization to reach its goals. The result is a picture of the ideal culture based on shared values and beliefs — a benchmark against which the current culture can be compared to identify gaps and targets for change. Members’ responses to these surveys are aggregated and electronically analyzed to generate a report (or reports) to support your organization’s culture change initiatives.
A Peak Experiences consultant guides organizational leaders and change team members through the findings and the steps required for successful development and transformation. The OCI® surveys are available online on almost any digital device as well as in hard copy (including self-scoring) format.
Apply the OCI® in your organization and you’ll provide members at all levels with an understanding of how they’re currently expected to approach their work and interact with one another—and how the existing norms either support or interfere with problem solving and task performance. You’ll also empower them to create a vision of the ideal culture in terms of the behaviors that would enable them and the organization to execute strategic initiatives, achieve goals, and attain the mission. The OCI provides leaders and members with the data they need and a language for conversations about where they are now, where they want to be, and how they’re going to get there.
The OCI® is invaluable for:
- Signalling and/or validating the need for cultural transformation
- Supporting programs to enhance strategy implementation, employee engagement and inclusion, quality and reliability, and/or customer service
- Gauging and improving organizational readiness for culture change
- Addressing barriers to (and enablers of) agility, adaptability, and innovation
- Facilitating mergers, acquisitions, and strategic alliances
- Evaluating the impact of change efforts — using the culture survey again and again to measure progress and identify what’s working and what’s not
Make the OCI® part of your drive for change
The OCI® is used and facilitated exclusively by people who have been prepared and accredited in its administration and interpretation. Simply contact us to get connected with a Peak Experiences consultant who’s right for your organization.
If you would like to know more about the Organizational Culture Inventory®, or any of our wide range of assessments, please get in touch and we will be happy to assist you.
The board meetings and annual general meeting went extremely well this week.
The Board has been very supportive of the CEO's leadership and the efforts to increase leadership capabilities, collaboration and build an highly effective organizational culture.
It is clear to me that there is a direct link between our evolving leadership and culture with our
impressive results and outcomes.
Peak Experiences leadership, support and engagement with our leaders has been a key ingredient
and critical part of our success. I have received feedback from several of our leaders over
the past few years on the positive impact you have had on them personally.
It is very rewarding for me play a part in the Assumption Life culture evolution and journey.
As a leader who has benefited from your coaching and support over the years,
I continue to be grateful for your insights and support.
I look forward to our continued collaborative efforts on the next steps of our journey.
Ivan Toner, Board Chair
Assumption Life, Moncton, New Brunswick
