Category: Lodge Culture
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AN INTRODUCTION TO LODGE CULTURE
If you’ve ever visited many other lodges you’ll soon come to the realization that no two lodges are alike. One lodge may be primarily concerned with fundraising while another may be focused on education; there may be a lodge that requires its members to wear tuxedos to stated meetings while the standard dress elsewhere is…
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LODGE CULTURE PART 2: CULTURE VS. CLIMATE
This is the second installation in my “Building Lodge Culture” series, which is inspired by School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It by Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker. CHANGING CULTURE VS. CHANGING CLIMATE In my previous article, I point out that cultural changes are long lasting while changing in a lodge’s climate tend to…
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LODGE CULTURE PART 3: HOW TO TAKE ACTION
This is the third installation in my “Building Lodge Culture” series, which is inspired by School Culture Rewired: How to Define, Assess, and Transform It by Steve Gruenert and Todd Whitaker. If you’ve been following this series then you should know how important a lodges culture is to its overall health and success. You should also be…