Building a Transformational Culture: Lessons from the Field

In an increasingly complex, competitive, global, and technologically evolving business environment, organizations can gain and maintain market share only if they adapt to change. Building a transformational culture within the organization, from top to bottom, facilitates adapting to changing needs, demands, and competition within the market.

Many think of the military as an autocratic organization that barks orders to accomplish missions. While certainly, there are times where that does occur, at its core, the military fosters transformational leadership and seeks to build up even the lowliest of ranks so that they can lead if the need arises.

Here is a presentation that outlines seven lessons in transformational leadership from the military that can be applied to civilian organizations in both the public and private sectors: