Managing a work community begins with a commitment to measuring and analysing the current situation.

To align your company's policies and actions with the demands and needs of your collaborators, it's necessary to conduct a diagnosis that identifies both the visible and hidden demands of the organization's members.

What is a tribe?

According to Tribal Leadership (Logan et al., 2008), a tribe is a group of 20 to 150 people who share a common culture, values, and language within an organization.

Why do tribal mapping?

Objectives
  • Understand what tribes are like within the organization.
  • Identify typologies and commonalities across departments and hierarchical levels.
  • Discover where the different tribes are located within the organization.
  • Create a roadmap that will later facilitate appropriate interventions that promote organizational development.
Benefits
  • Identification of informal groups and their natural leaders.
  • Recognition of shared values, communication patterns, and cultural levels.
  • Detection of barriers and/or intertribal alliances.
  • Allows the design of cultural interventions aligned with the organizational purpose.

Why choose Grant Thornton?

At Grant Thornton, we have more than 20 years of experience working with quantitative and qualitative methodologies to conduct research and analyse needs and opportunities for improvement.

We propose an iterative work methodology in collaboration with the client. Our approach is to co-create with the clientthe identification and measurement tool, based on cultural anchors.

To implement this approach, we first developed a collaboratively designed survey, specifically defining the dimensions and indicators to identify patterns.

Then, using a qualitative approach, we conduct in-depth interviews with previously identified key members. These surveys will allow us to facilitate and support the formation of tribes.

Meet our expert
Matiana Behrends
Advisory Services Partner - Head of Human Capital Services