Cracking The Organizational Climate and Culture Code

Book excerpt: Nicole L. Turner, Author of Cracking the Organizational Climate and Culture Code, is helping organizations understand the impact organizational culture has on ALL areas of business and the cost associated with a toxic workplace culture. Twenty percent of the workforce leaves an organization because of the culture. A recent study done by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) shows that over the last five years, the cost of turnover because of organizational culture totaled $223 Billion. Organizational culture is a system of shared assumptions, values and beliefs that governs how people behave in organizations. Organizational climate is how members of an organization experience the culture of an organization. Culture represents the personality of the organization. Climate is the organization's mood. Culture is the heartbeat of any business. Cracking the Organizational Climate and Culture Code takes a deeper dive into how organizations behave.