Get the Reps in

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If you want to get good at something, repetition is critical:

  • Skills - reps

  • Strength - reps

  • Handling pressure - reps

It’s the same for building culture in a team or organisation. Doing something occasional and expecting it to stick is like lifting a dumbbell once and expecting massive biceps.

It simply won’t work. Get clear on what the guiding principles for your team and work are, and then find ways to get the reps in:

  • Discuss success stories and applications to other areas of the work

  • Notice when things go less well, and harvest lessons learnt

  • Get people to share examples of things that are important and do it often

  • Refer to core principles in decisions of consequence

When teams filter everything through what matters to them, alignment and consistency can't help but follow. 

What’s important in your world?
How and where is it reinforced? 

If you can't remember the last time team culture or standards were shaped, or if it only happens once a year, then you are missing lots of low hanging fruit.