175. Tiny Culture Change Series - Ask “What am I normalising here” with Prina Shah

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This podcast is for people who know that the workplace can and should be better and are ready to do something about it. You will learn practical ways to change organizational cultures and human behaviour without buzzwords, without box ticking, without performative leadership. I am the boss of Preena Shah Consulting, working with executives, leaders and teams to create work cultures and environments that actually work for people. I am Preena Shah. I specialise in organizational culture change and human behaviour change. I am all about making work better with people who give a damn. So if you think I can help, contact me via LinkedIn. I am here to help you to find decent ways to change the workplace. Let's do this.

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This week's tiny culture change is to ask, what am I normalizing here? Culture is not what you say, it's what you allow, it's what you repeat, and it's what you laugh along with. Think about last week. The jokes that you didn't challenge, the behavior that you let slide, the late nights that you may have praised. All of that is teaching people what is normal around here. Today, take one moment and ask, if someone knew what should this, what would they say? Would they assume this is okay? If you do not like the answer, then do something different next time. Say, we actually don't do that here, or we are gonna change how we run this. You are always normalizing something. Make it intention.

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