Developing a Positive Organizational Culture

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 | 4:15PM–5:45PM | Abbey Room
Session Type: Professional Development
Culture is a set of behaviors and practices specific to a group of people and has the potential to play a key role in your team's success or failure. In this session, we will learn to recognize the attributes and behaviors that describe an organization's culture, identify possible solutions for transforming a negative workplace environment into a positive one, and develop strategies for cultivating the positive culture to which you aspire.

Objectives:

  • Identify the attributes and behaviors that describe an organization's culture
  • Recognize which attributes of your organizational culture you can influence, and which you can't
  • Develop strategies to work with your organizational culture
  • Learn strategies for cultivating the positive organizational culture to which you aspire

Presenters

  • Helen Chu

    Assistant Vice Provost, Learning Spaces, Stanford University
  • Lisa Trubitt

    Assistant CIO for Strategic Communications, University at Albany, SUNY