The Role of Grants Managers in Bridging Microcultures

The role of grants managers has shifted from focusing on due-diligence and record-keeping to providing expertise on process, learning and relationships. In other words, grants managers play a cross-functional role in shaping organizational culture.

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The role of grants managers has shifted from focusing on due-diligence and record-keeping to providing expertise on process, learning and relationships. In other words, grants managers play a cross-functional role in shaping organizational culture. Within every organization, however, are microcultures, which influence how people do their work and can help or hurt the greater organizational culture. By understanding the microcultures in their organizations, grants managers can better facilitate solutions that best serve the whole organization.

In this session by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), participants will learn what microcultures are and identify some of the microcultures that exist in their own organizations. Participants think through how these microcultures do or do not contribute to their organization’s overall effectiveness before brainstorming ways to bridge microcultures so that their organizations can best support their grantees.

By the end of this session, participants will:

  • Know what microcultures are and why they matter for organizational effectiveness.
  • Learn how to identify microcultures that exist in their own organization and whether they help or hurt productive organizational culture.
  • Hear from and brainstorm with their peers about what they’ve done to bridge and support positive microcultures.

Start: Monday, March 19, 1:30 PM Eastern

End: Monday, March 19, 2:45 PM Eastern

Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista
1751 Hotel Plaza Boulevard
Lake Buena Vista, FL
32830

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