Leading The Social Purpose Enterprise: An Examination of Organizational Culture

From the REDF Box Set - Volume 1- Practitioner Perspectives

By Diane Flannery and Kriss Deigelmeier

In this chapter, the basic concept of organizational culture is reviewed and key characteristics of business and non profit cultures are identified. From the analysis of these cultural differences, two primary recurring dilemmas are put forth. Recommendations are then made for six leadership components of a high performance culture for the social purpose enterprise. Although published in 1999, many of the recommendations presented remain valid today.