If you\u2019re interested in developing high-performing teams, then you may have given thought to the differences – and similarities – between \u2018performance culture\u2019 and \u2018performance structure\u2019.
Is there a difference? And does it even matter?
Well – sort of. For both questions.
Performance structure is usually thought about as tangible things. Job descriptions. Performance reviews. Org charts. Governance practices. It can be designed.
Performance culture is usually described as the informal environment. It isn\u2019t designed, it emerges.
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Problems that look like structure (e.g., execs allowed to participate in self-dealing – how did the structure allow that?) may, in fact, be cultural (the structure was there, but the culture didn\u2019t support junior officers raising concerns about executive ethics).
This is simply to say that the distinction between structure and culture is razor thin. And this distinction (if it exists) isn\u2019t useful for design or problem-solving. They need to be designed together. They need to support each other. Not stand separate from each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Both are about assuring that ethics and values are tangible and firm.
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The \ud835\ude24\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude35\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude26 represents the mental approach that embeds these ethics and values into the activities that \ud835\ude22\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2f\u2019\ud835\ude35 foreseeable. When something totally unexpected happens, how do we still live the values? It’s about consistency.
Both matter. Both are worthy of conspicuous design. And they need to support each other. If one\u2019s weak, the other won\u2019t work (think about the example above).
So, I choose to reject the idea that culture and structure need to be treated differently. I believe that they\u2019re so interconnected that they must be considered in tandem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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