Trends in Business Culture Change and Organisational Psychotherapy

Consulting on culture change in business has become an increasingly important area of expertise in recent years. With many organisations facing the challenge of creating a healthy corporate culture in the face of rapid change, consultants have been called upon to help businesses achieve their goals. One of the latest and most advanced trends in this field is the placing of organisational psychotherapy at the forefront of culture change.

The role of organisational therapy in culture change is to help organisations surface and reflect on their collective assumptions and beliefs about work, i.e. how work should work. This can involve group therapy sessions and other forms of dialogue (talk therapy), and can also incorporate other therapeutic practices as the client chooses. The goal of this approach is to create a widespread awareness of the role of collective assumptions and beliefs in business success.

One of the key benefits of this approach is that it provides something tangible to work with (the collective psyche) rather than the largely intangible notion of “culture”. By creating a space for dialogue and action, organisational psychotherapists enable their clients to shift their collective assumptions and beliefs, and thus their culture, to something better aligned to their business goals.

By exploring these issues, organisational therapists can support organisations in addressing them, and in developing solutions that will have a positive impact on the culture of the organisation.

In conclusion, placing organisational psychotherapy at the forefront of culture change places the client in the driving seat in their efforts to change their culture, and also serves to both accelerate and de-risk such efforts.