Peter Drucker, regarded as one of the pillars of modern management theory, gave us an essential principle to apply in leading change.

Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast

A business can bring in high powered strategy consultants.  They can study the “best practice” templates from other companies.  They can spend a lot of time and money on developing a corporate strategy.  But if the “cultural and mindset” underpinnings of the organization aren’t properly addressed, they will most likely fail in the endeavor.

The misaligned culture will most likely devour the strategy before the journey barely gets started – probably around breakfast time.