Hidden Dynamics of Family Culture in the Workplace

Event Description

There are conceptions that an engaged and healthy company culture should feel tightly-knit and agile, like a family or sports team. However, this mindset and work environment can sometimes be detrimental to the growth of an organization and its members. It is important to be aware of how a specific culture can have short-term positive effects, but unintended long-term negative effects on a team and everyone within it.

In this session, we will go over a case study of a company with a strong family culture and its highlights and challenges. We will learn and discuss where and how we can invest our resources to leverage family culture strengths while making necessary changes for the sustainable growth of the company and its people.

Takeaways

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Overcome misconceptions and misperceptions about corporate company culture, its purpose and employee’s interactions
• Understand how to identify “painkillers” within a nice and family company culture and replace them with solutions that will guarantee continuous improvement
• Understand how to Identify focus areas with culture to develop and improve, to drive growth and innovation
• Build awareness of their own constructive and destructive contribution to a family culture
• Understand what actions are necessary to overcome the shortcomings of family culture that will allow for further growth and innovation within the company

 

Leanne is an Employee Engagement Consultant, Coach, and Researcher, who helps organizations reach their full potential. Leanne is highly experienced with change management, team development, and employee engagement; she has used her experience to help organizations strengthen their team dynamics and development. Leanne works closely with employees and leadership teams by providing coaching and training services that assist in the development of workspaces that promote personal and professional growth. She is also heavily involved in conducting performance evaluations and designing workshop content in accordance with needs assessments. Leanne holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Biology from Queen’s University, a Master’s in Sport and Performance Psychology from Florida State University, and a Master’s in Organizational Behavior from Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. Leanne also holds a Professional Coaching Certificate from Adler Graduate Professional School and received a certification in Applied Mindfulness Meditation from the University of Toronto.

 

What differentiates our training/workshop sessions from others is that we leverage technology and reflective exercises to create an interactive learning experience where participants can experience the changes and lessons first-hand. Both virtually and in person, we use different technologies to gamify the learning experience for the audience.

 

We at Jalapeno, have the vision of building a world where you and your organization reach full potential. We are committed to providing small-mid size teams in different industries with all the services and tools they need to tap into the unrealized potential of what the workplace can be and to drive happier, more engaged and more inclusive workplaces. We do this by leveraging technology and the science of psychology towards developing essential skills while creating a sustainable and humanized environment to enrich individuals’ lives. To fulfill our mission, we have a team of experts in Training, Consulting, Coaching, and Counselling that utilize our proprietary software to unlock the teams’ potential.

 

 

Why BCODN?

We would be delighted to have this opportunity with BCON because we strongly believe that we all fulfill the same vision of creating thriving work environments by building supportive learning communities, as well as growing awareness of the value of Organizational Development within the various industries in BC. Therefore, it is part of our responsibility to empower each other and to share knowledge and experiences with our peers to ensure we, as OD consultants, shape the future workforce effectively and efficiently. Particularly, when it comes to company culture and organizational psychology, concepts that are harder to quantify and track and there are many existing misconceptions associated with it.