How do your faculty, staff, and administrators experience the culture of your institution? Knowing the answer can help you make improvements that result in lasting benefits and contribute in significant ways to your school’s success.

If you are considering assessing culture at your institution, the following resources can aid in all stages of the assessment process:

• Defining Organizational Culture: Core Culture. A blog post that explains why understanding your institution’s mission and strategic priorities can help you define your core culture. This post also provides 15 guiding questions to determine readiness for an in-depth cultural assessment. 

• How to Understand Your Current Company Culture. This article provides helpful action items that leaders can take to strengthen their organization’s culture.

• Five Strategies for Promoting Diversity in the Workplace. A blog post with easy ways to foster open-minded organizational culture. The post also explains the benefits of a diverse workplace.

• Workplace Cultural Competence – 7 Essentials. An article that provides seven ways of looking at culture in the workplace to help promote diversity and understanding.

• Assessing Institutional Culture. An on-demand webinar from the In Trust Center on assessing institutional culture and why it may be critical for success.  

Conversation partners are often a great starting point to discuss what the process looks like, share how to get stakeholder buy-in, and provide insight into how cultural assessment can be implemented at a theological school. For names of conversation partners and other resources tailored to your school’s needs, contact the In Trust Center at resources@intrust.org.