How Organisations Really Work

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• We have been empowering business leaders to build their capabilities for over 70 years.
• We are ranked #1 in Ireland for academic rigour and practical relevance on our Open-Enrolment programmes
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The workshops will take place on 9, 10 and 11 November 2026 at the IMI campus in Dublin.

On this programme, you will explore:

1. What culture really is (and isn’t)

• The difference between climate, engagement and culture.
• Visible and invisible layers of culture: artefacts, behaviours, beliefs and assumptions.
• How culture shows up in decisions, trade-offs and everyday conversations.

2. Diagnosing your culture

• Simple tools and frameworks to map current culture and subcultures.
• Using data, stories and symbols to understand “how things really work around here”.
• Identifying cultural strengths as well as blockers.

3. Culture, strategy and performance

• How certain cultural patterns support or undermine different strategies (e.g. innovation, safety, customer-centricity, efficiency).
• Connecting culture with execution, risk, collaboration and learning.
• Spotting misalignments between espoused values and lived reality.

4. Levers for shifting culture

• Leadership behaviours and role-modelling that send strong cultural signals.
• Systems, structures and processes as culture-shaping tools (e.g. performance, rewards, meetings, decision rights).
• Stories, rituals and symbols that reinforce or challenge “the way we do things here”.

5. Leading culture change in the real world

• Working with power and politics in culture change.
• Engaging allies, influencers and sceptics.
• Designing small experiments and nudges to build momentum.

6. Applying it to your context

• Creating a simple culture map for your own team, function or organisation.
• Identifying 2–3 high-impact levers you can start to shift.
• Building an initial action plan and measures of progress

This programme is for you if: 

• You’re a leader, manager or change agent who’s accountable for delivering strategy and knows that culture is either helping or hindering. 
• You’re involved in transformation, integration, or new ways-of-working initiatives where “the way we do things around here” keeps pulling people back. 
• You work in HR, OD or L&D and want sharper, evidence-based tools to support culture change with line leaders. 
• You’re ready to move from talking about culture in vague terms to working with it in a concrete, actionable way.

• Explain culture in clear, practical language that resonates with senior leaders and teams. 
• Diagnose the cultural patterns that are most relevant to your strategy and performance. 
• Identify and prioritise the levers that will have the biggest impact on behaviour in your context. 
• Design and lead targeted culture interventions – from leadership signals to systems and rituals – that are realistic and sustainable. 
• Facilitate better conversations about culture, helping others see the link between everyday behaviour and organisational outcomes. 

Upon programme completion, you will receive an e-certificate specifying the learning hours undertaken. Many industry bodies have different criteria for accepted courses, eligible CPD hours, and required documentation. Please check the criteria and, if appropriate, submit the e-certificate as evidence of your participation. Please keep the e-certificate secure as you may need it for verification purposes at a later date.

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