Learning and Development's Role in Cultivating and Assimilating Company Culture

A well-developed Learning and Development (L&D) Department is the single largest culture-carrying component of an organization. With entree to nearly every aspect of a business, from technical to leadership, L&D must ensure all programs support and reinforce a business' cultural mores. It must emulate and promote the defined culture and is in the unique role of being able to identify and opine when cultural changes are occurring or need to be made. Learning and Development plays multiple roles in enhancing and driving company culture through the dissemination of training. Some characteristics L&D Departments within an organization should take into consideration when developing training that can actively drive company culture: 1. alignment, 2. build, 3. training and assimilation through cultural training ambassadors, and 4. cultural assessments and evaluations.