How Leaders Embed Their Beliefs, Values, and Assumptions

Primary Embedding Mechanisms

What leaders pay attention to$,$ measure, and control on a regular basis

How leaders react to critical incidents and organizational crises

How leaders allocate resources

Deliberate role modeling, teaching, and coaching

How leaders allocate rewards and status

How leaders recruit, select, promote, and excommunicate

Secondary Reinforcement and Stabilizing Mechanisms

Organizational design and structure

Organizational systems and procedures

Rites and rituals of the organization

Design of physical space, fa$$ades$,$ and buildings

Stories about important events and people

Formal statements of organizational philosophy, creeds, and charters