Understanding the importance of leadership and organizational culture has truly helped to define New Belgium Brewery and set it apart as a benchmark for other companies. They have accomplished this through their sustainability practices, environmental stewardship, employee ownership, philanthropy, and high involvement culture. I will support the quote below using a situation related to Jordan’s work at New Belgium Brewery.
"Culture by definition is elusive, intangible, implicit, and taken for granted. But every organization develops a core set of assumptions, understandings, and implicit rules that govern day-to-day behaviour in the workplace. Until newcomers learn the rules, they are not accepted as full-fledged members of the organization. Transgressions of the rules on …show more content…
From inception, New Belgium Brewery has implemented an open book management system; employees have access to financial records, the managerial process, monthly meetings, and an annual Strategic Planning Retreat (“What Were About”, n.d). This style of participatory leadership encourages employees to trust in each other, and build authentic relationships and communication with one another.
Along with their open book management the Brewery also provides an Employee Stock Ownership Plan awarded after one year of employment. Since employees are shareholders, the more profit the company makes, the more their share is worth. This helps in creating an environment of employee-owners that all work together toward making the company as successful as possible. This more democratic and efficient leadership paradigm cultivates increased potential through learning, commitment, involvement and the pursuit of opportunity and provides a foundation for success in both management and the company (“History”,
"Culture by definition is elusive, intangible, implicit, and taken for granted. But every organization develops a core set of assumptions, understandings, and implicit rules that govern day-to-day behaviour in the workplace. Until newcomers learn the rules, they are not accepted as full-fledged members of the organization. Transgressions of the rules on …show more content…
From inception, New Belgium Brewery has implemented an open book management system; employees have access to financial records, the managerial process, monthly meetings, and an annual Strategic Planning Retreat (“What Were About”, n.d). This style of participatory leadership encourages employees to trust in each other, and build authentic relationships and communication with one another.
Along with their open book management the Brewery also provides an Employee Stock Ownership Plan awarded after one year of employment. Since employees are shareholders, the more profit the company makes, the more their share is worth. This helps in creating an environment of employee-owners that all work together toward making the company as successful as possible. This more democratic and efficient leadership paradigm cultivates increased potential through learning, commitment, involvement and the pursuit of opportunity and provides a foundation for success in both management and the company (“History”,