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The seminar presentation given by Julio Melara, entitled Leadership Essentials, was very informative and provided us with key concepts which can help strengthen our organizational performance. One of the topics he discussed was how cultural trumps strategy in business and in order to ensure the business maintains a culture which is in line with their core values and mission; you must hire people that can fit into that culture (personal communication, July 25, 2015). Many times companies are looking for individuals who have experience and education in a particular field, but do they really look at how their attitudes and beliefs fit in the culture of the business before they hire them? It is important for companies to find individuals that …show more content…

In organizations that operate with a strong cultural helps drive performance by employees working together under a common understanding. Issues of trust, conflict resolution, and co-ownership are foundational for how a team gets work done and cultural is the set of habits that allows a group of people to cooperate by assumption rather than by negotiation (Merchant, 2011). I believe that it is very important to bring individuals into your organization which fit within the cultural and as Mr. Melara pointed out, managers can use the hiring process as a way to make that determination. You do not want to hire individuals which work against the system. This can add conflict to your structure and can potentially harm the internal strengths and performance of the organization. I have worked for many organizations where individuals that did not believe in the company's cultural eventually left the organization on their own terms or were let go. Some of those individuals were very good at what they did and highly knowledgeable, but they were not easy to work with and or open to change in the business. In order to ensure you are getting the right candidate for the job you must ensure you are asking the right questions before you bring them on board. Questions that look at their values, how they have handled past situations, what they feel are strengths of an organization, and what cultural means to them, will give you an idea of how they will fit into your business

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