“The challenge of changing a company’s culture is getting positive values to stick. The Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) found itself struggling to serve growing patient needs while money and manpower stayed the same. With 23,000 employees, HUS needed a way for a large body of diverse professionals to all accept cost-efficiency as a major work principle.
HUS trained a diverse pool of leaders from all backgrounds in cost-effective management practices. Leaders brought back what they learned to respective teams, and the entire organization gradually became aware of the culture initiative. Teams began to do more with less: morning delays in operating rooms dropped, and the number of patients discharged before 1:00 PM increased from 10% to 50%.

For deep cultural change to last, you need to align everyone in your business from custodian to CEO. Here’s how:

• Organize mixed-function group huddles. When a department needs to solve a problem, call for a group meeting that incorporates professionals from other fields too. Innovative solutions are best made with perspective from outside the box.
• Have leaders sit in on another team’s huddle. This gives teams insight into each other’s planning processes and keeps knowledge flowing across borders. You can also do this virtually. Use I DoneThis’s Teams feature to allow people from various fields to see each other’s work.
• Plan periodic leadership meetings. Routine, multi-professional teamwork will give leaders perspective on how they can implement your values in their respective teams.

For culture shifts to set in deep, people in all departments need to come together. Encourage cross-functional collaboration to reinforce values through every level of your organization.” –David Zha for I Done This Blog, excerpted from the article “3 Project Management Methodologies That Create Better Work Culture” , click here to read the article in its entirety. [end]

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