Leadership and Culture

6 Pillars for a Thriving Workplace

Note, this topic is presented by our partner company, ACHIEVE Centre for Leadership. Links on this page will direct you to our ACHIEVE's site for more information and purchasing.

Workplace culture shapes performance, engagement, and retention. This training helps leaders build strong, positive cultures through six key pillars.

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Build a Thriving Workplace Culture

Based on our book, The Culture Question, this workshop provides a practical guide for how every organization can become a great place to work. A healthy workplace culture enables organizations to successfully accomplish their mission and strategy while supporting the engagement and well-being of the people inside them – and the good news is that culture is something leaders can influence.

This workshop explores six key pillars of a healthy workplace culture: communicating purpose and values, providing meaningful work, focusing leadership on people, building genuine relationships, creating peak-performing teams, and managing conflict constructively. You’ll also gain a clear framework for assessing your current culture, envisioning something better, and taking practical steps toward lasting change.

Learning Objectives

Recognize the link between healthy culture, performance, engagement, and well-being
Explain how leaders intentionally shape team and organizational culture
Identify strategies to build and sustain the six pillars of a healthy culture
Apply a framework to assess culture and plan for change
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What You'll Learn

Strengthen your professional toolkit with strategies you can apply right away. The objectives below outline the core competencies you'll build through this training.

Culture Foundations

Develop a clear understanding of what workplace culture actually is, how it forms, and why it has such a strong impact on engagement, retention, and results.

The Six Pillars

Explore the six key elements that research shows consistently distinguish healthy, high-performing workplace cultures from those that struggle.

Leadership Behaviours That Shape Culture

Understand how everyday leadership choices – not just values statements or policies – create the culture your team actually experiences.

Employee Engagement

Learn what drives genuine engagement versus surface-level compliance, and what leaders can do to create conditions where people invest discretionary effort.

Team Alignment

Develop strategies for building shared direction – where people understand not just their own roles but how their work connects to something larger.

Sustain a Healthy Culture Over Time

Build approaches for maintaining a positive culture through leadership transitions, growth, and change, rather than treating culture as a one-time initiative.

Our Approach

Grounded in research, practical application, and real‑world experience.

Accessible

Clear, approachable learning without unnecessary jargon.

Applicable

Content designed for real‑world challenges and opportunities.

Engaging

Facilitators bring content to life through stories and examples.

Practical

Skills and tools designed for everyday use in your setting.

What People Are Saying

Insights from our participants.

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It's not always easy to facilitate a six-hour session, but it flew by. Perfectly timed, packed with useful, relevant information, curated to address the unique needs of our group."

K. Decle

University of British Columbia, Office of Student Academic Services

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This was one of the best trainings our organization has had. Staff were so engaged and came away energized and excited rather than tired and drained."

T. Etienne

Portal Youth Outreach Association

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CTRI is a great source for learning. They were easy to work with and our facilitator presented in an engaging and interactive way that kept people interested and attentive."

J. Grimes

Optimism Place Women's Shelter and Support Services

FAQs

Common questions about the training.

This training is for:

Mental health professionals
Social services and community‑based professionals
First responders and emergency services
Health care workers and support staff
School and post‑secondary personnel
Leaders, managers, and supervisors
Human resources and people operations teams
Employees in corporate or business settings
Anyone working in people‑centred or support roles

What are the six pillars?

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The six pillars are drawn from ACHIEVE's research-informed model of workplace culture. Contact ACHIEVE or view the full workshop description for current details on the specific pillars.

Who is the training for?

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This training is designed for leaders, managers, HR professionals, and executives who want to better understand how culture is built and sustained, and what they personally need to do differently.

Is culture something leaders can actually change?

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Yes, though it takes consistency over time. This workshop focuses on the specific leadership behaviours that have the highest leverage on culture, and how to start shifting them.

Does this training connect to ACHIEVE's other leadership content?

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Yes. This workshop complements Leadership – The Essential Competencies, Psychological Health and Safety, and other ACHIEVE programs focused on people and culture.

Is this training available online or on-demand?

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Yes. ACHIEVE offers this workshop in live, on-demand, and private formats. View current dates or contact us to arrange a session.

Can this training be customized for our organization's culture work?

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Yes. ACHIEVE can tailor this workshop for organizational culture initiatives, leadership team offsites, or strategic planning processes. Contact us to discuss.

Create a Culture That Performs

Learn the leadership behaviours that build and sustain a strong workplace culture. View live training dates, explore on-demand options, or bring this workshop to your team.

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