The Inertia of Culture: Team Recruitment and Culture

By: Dr. Bill Anton

People tend to work for companies that reflect who they believe themselves to be.

Companies often employ a subtle operation in recruiting and selecting new hires to insure a good fit. This is done because the organization wants to preserve itself with minimum real change and disruption. Candidates who make the cut and are ready to join are frequently those whose developmental histories have molded them to experience, sometimes painfully, an “at home” feeling that supports their original but limited view of themselves and their world.

If you ever wondered why organizational change is so difficult, it may be because of the enormous inertia created by all these forces. It may be necessary for companies to recruit some “loyal dissenters” to ignite the pilot light of leadership and organizational awareness!