Equity Series Ep. 15 What does Equity mean from a Symbolic or Cultural Mindset in Your Organization? 

People and communities are the vision of what is next. When we value our culture, we create a collective thought that becomes our vehicle to thrive.

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Join host, Carole Burton, on her final stop of the Equity Series discussing the topic of the Symbolic Mindset. (Make sure to listen to season 2 - episodes 01-04 available now.)

Thank you for being curious about our Equity Series journey. During this episode, Carole works with the symbolic framework, the final framework for the Bolman and Deal model. Bolman and Deal focus on organizational change and how managers can view the operations, structure, communication, and processes from a wide variety of perspectives, which empowers managers to build high-performance within the organization.

Carole answers - What is symbolic in organizations? And how does a leader look at equity from this lens?  She challenges us to go beyond the theme colors, logos, and marketing messages. Carole helps us look through the alphabet soup of the culture and go deeper into the collective stories that define companies. All you need to do is look for the rituals – how you gather, celebrate, go to meetings or events – to start to understand the culture. Carole shares how the symbolic frame focuses on the people. How people can be inspired to move the organization forward because people are the engine of the vision. When you have equity as the playing field it creates a wonder of how much better an organization can be.

Get a notebook and pen ready for the final Radiance Real Talk action question Carole leaves you with to ponder and grow.

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