How managers create high-performance cultures

Many companies throughout the Gulf Cooperation Council region fight for growth facing an economic unstable climate. Therefore, many of these companies have been pursuing very aggressive acquisition- and expansion plans over the last 5 years. This led to a unique situation confronting current managers with the task of uniting various cultures of former separate organisations in one big company.

To unite different cultures, capable and effective managers are needed. To find out how effective managers currently are working, Gallup surveyed about 3500 managers from various economic sectors. According to this study the best managers create high performance cultures by:

• Setting clear expectations
• Precisely defining employee-roles
• Creating a trusting workspace
• Supporting employees’ development and growth

By “growing via acquisition” many companies lost their own culture as well as their capability of integrating other companies’ cultures. Employees therefore have no company-specific culture, which they can identify with. With the measures listed above managers can bind their employees, stimulate them to perform their best, win their conviction and recruit new talents – on condition that managers are given the opportunity to implement theses measures.

Do you have some spare time to check your current status quo? Take 5-10 minutes to reflect on the measures stated above and evaluate yourself on a scale from 1-10 regarding those fourmarkers. If you would like a more detailed evaluation, do not hesitate to include the people in your surroundings – a few observer assessments can work wonders.