Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast: HR’s Role in Building a Strategic Culture
As the famous management consultant Peter Drucker once said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” In other words, a company’s culture can be more powerful than its strategic plans in shaping its success or failure. That’s where HR comes in. Building a strategic culture is not as easy as it seems at first sight. As the guardians of company culture, HR professionals have a crucial role to play in ensuring that the culture supports and enables the company’s strategic goals. But what does that look like in practice? Here are a few key areas where HR can make a difference: 1. Hiring for cultural fit It’s …
