More about organizations and Working From Your Core

When we don't realize that The 10 Core Types exist, we find ourselves mystified - sometimes downright annoyed - by the differing behavior and ideas of others. But when we know about the Core Types, we have a better chance of understanding what others are thinking and feeling, and why they're acting as they are. And, this understanding translates into better business.

When you have a better idea of which internal advisor is taking the lead - in yourself or others - you will quickly be able to use Working from Your Core in the following ways:

• Developing a common language for better communication throughout all levels of staff
• Sales and Customer Service - analyzing who your individual and corporate customers are, then speaking their language, delivering better service, and tailoring ad campaigns
• Self-understanding and development: improving personal mastery and emotional intelligence
• Development of Leadership skills and the ability to manage difficult employees
• Team-building, conflict resolution, general communications
• Making the most of diversity

The Organizational Core Cultures

In addition to its applications for individuals, Working from Your Core can be used as a framework to diagnose your workplace's culture, and from that point of reference, to tailor and optimize the effectiveness of all your change efforts. You can put Working from Your Core to excellent use in: Preparing for successful mergers and acquisitions (a great many fail due to inadequate mutual understanding of the two organizational cultures) Resolving departmental conflicts Clarifying shared corporate values and core corporate identity Designing strategic initiatives and broad identity efforts that are compatible with the organization's Core Culture Making certain that the organization's stated mission, vision, values, communications channels, structure and policies are aligned with the underlying core cultural identity Tailoring all OD efforts by translating them into language that fits the organization's culture Addressing the root causes of any staff morale issue Organizational culture is an invisible, yet extraordinarily powerful force that propels each of us through our work days, effecting our every action, interaction, and decision. Unfortunately, because organizational culture is such an abstract concept to discuss, it has largely been ignored as a factor in the rush of daily corporate decision making. Unfortunately, corporate culture is what usually sabotages seemingly rock-solid business deals, transforming them instead into economic disasters.