6 Things Your Cannabis Culture Needs to Get Right

Management guru Peter Drucker said ‘Culture eats strategy.’ In working with over 150 cannabis companies, I couldn’t agree more. Culture is the critical driver of operational performance and employee engagement.  

Cultural vigour is a strategic enabler and is achieved by getting 6 things right: 

1.     Supportive leadership – everything begins and ends here.  Management needs to be servant-driven and to lead by example;

2.     Mission-driven – having a meaningful purpose and being true to it is the best way to strongly align around your strategy, values and brand;

3.     Trust – people need the latitude to try new things and make mistakes.  If they don’t get this, they won’t be empowered and will burn out;

4.     Learning environment – in a sector with no playbook, the rules are written in real time.  If your organization doesn’t regularly capture insights and put them into practice you will perish;
 
5.     Problem solving – problems are endemic in an evolving market.  Coping with them requires enhancing problem-solving competencies and pushing decision making down to the lowest possible level;

6.     Attention to detail – Doing things right the first time saves time and cost.  And you can’t cut corners especially around compliance, product quality and work standards.

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