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Organizational Culture for Employees: Culture Champions and Workplace Leaders

Lead culture change from wherever you sit: influence, excellence, ethics, inclusion and coaching

Learn to influence without a title, build habits of excellence, keep values and ethics alive, lead inclusive teams and coach others, then turn a culture diagnosis into a measured 90-day Culture Improvement Action Plan.

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What you will be able to do

  • Influence peers, managers and teams through credibility, evidence and example rather than formal authority
  • Build daily habits, quality standards and improvement routines that lift team performance
  • Turn corporate values into observable behaviors and support a culture of compliance and ethical decisions
  • Lead inclusive and respectful teams across gender, disability, regions, languages and generations
  • Coach and mentor colleagues and transfer critical knowledge before it walks out of the door
  • Diagnose workplace culture with evidence and lead a measured 90-day Culture Improvement Action Plan
For
Managers, team leaders, supervisors, HR officers and culture champions in Ethiopian companies, SMEs, NGOs, banks and microfinance institutions who are expected to shape how their teams work. Best taken after the Level 1 and Level 2 culture courses, or with a few years of supervisory experience.
Study time
About 6 hours online, in 6 modules (3 days in the classroom version)
Each module
Short lessons, animated visuals, Ethiopian examples, decisions to make, the laws and directives that apply and worked calculations, then a quiz
Assessment
A 20-question final exam; pass mark 70%
Certificate
Erudite Africa Center of Excellence Executive Certificate
Access
Module 1 free for registered users; the full course, exam and certificate for subscribers

The 6 modules

  1. Module 01Free previewLeading Without AuthorityMove colleagues, peers and managers through credibility, ethical persuasion and personal example rather than position.6 lessons · 60 min · quiz
  2. Module 02Building a Culture of ExcellenceBuild the daily habits, quality standards and improvement routines that make excellent work normal rather than heroic.6 lessons · 60 min · quiz
  3. Module 03Ethics, Governance and Organizational ValuesTurn corporate values into everyday behaviors, support a culture where rules are understood and followed, and make sound ethical decisions under pressure.6 lessons · 65 min · quiz
  4. Module 04Diversity, Equity and InclusionBuild a workplace where people of every gender, ability, region, language and generation are treated fairly, respected and able to contribute fully.6 lessons · 65 min · quiz
  5. Module 05Coaching and Mentoring OthersHelp colleagues grow through coaching conversations, peer support and the deliberate transfer of knowledge from experienced staff.6 lessons · 60 min · quiz
  6. Module 06Becoming a Culture AmbassadorDiagnose culture with evidence, drive engagement, write a Culture Improvement Action Plan and sustain the change by building it into everyday systems.6 lessons · 70 min · quiz
  7. Workplace simulationA quarter as culture champion at Entoto Star Logistics PLCWork as culture champion, hr and culture office: 10 real-life items, decisions with consequences and a hand-over note. Pass with 70% to qualify for the certificate.
  8. Final examFinal exam and certificate20 applied questions across all 6 modules. Pass with 70% to download your certificate.

Capstone project

Culture Improvement Action Plan for your workplace

Develop and implement a Culture Improvement Action Plan for your own workplace, or for Entoto Star Logistics PLC if you are not currently employed, using the culture-action-plan.xlsx workbook. You diagnose the current culture with evidence, choose two or three priorities, translate your values into observable behaviors, plan actions with named owners, dates, costs and measures, start implementation and report a 90-day review. The capstone tests everything in the course: influence, excellence, ethics, inclusion, coaching and sustaining culture.

  1. 1Diagnose: run a short anonymous pulse survey (or use the workbook's sample), and record favorable scores, eNPS, turnover, absenteeism and one operational measure, with the gap to target for each theme, in the Diagnosis sheet.
  2. 2Prioritize: score candidate actions for impact and ease, and choose two or three priorities that link culture to a business result.
  3. 3Set values to behaviors: for each priority value, write two or three observable behaviors 'we do' and one 'we no longer accept', and note which system (hiring, appraisal, recognition) must change to support them.
  4. 4Plan actions: list 8 to 15 actions with one named owner, start and due dates, cost and the measure each should move, and check the total against your budget.
  5. 5Engage: present the plan to your manager and team, involve staff representatives where shifts or work rules change, appoint peer champions and agree how progress will be shown.
  6. 6Implement and track: update action status and the engagement measures monthly in the workbook.
  7. 7Review at 90 days: compare each measure with baseline and target, record what worked and what did not, and set the next 90-day priorities.

What you hand in

  • The completed culture-action-plan.xlsx workbook: Diagnosis, Priorities, Values to Behaviors, Action Plan, Engagement Measures and 90-Day Review sheets
  • A two-page Culture Improvement Action Plan summary, reviewed by your manager or sponsor
  • A one-page 90-day review report with results against baseline and target, lessons learned and next priorities

Templates and tools

  • Culture Improvement Action Plan (Excel)

    A workbook to diagnose your culture with survey gaps, eNPS, turnover and absenteeism, prioritize actions by impact and ease, set values-to-behaviors, plan actions with owners, dates and costs, track engagement measures monthly and run the 90-day review, prefilled with the Entoto Star Logistics example.

How to earn the Executive Certificate

  • Complete all six modules and their quizzes
  • Pass the workplace simulation with 70% or more
  • Pass the 20-question final exam with 70% or more
  • Blended and classroom cohorts: submit the Culture Improvement Action Plan capstone, assessed by an Erudite facilitator against the deliverables above
  • Classroom delivery: attend all three days of the program

Built on

  • Erudite Africa training curriculum: Organizational Culture for Employees, Level 3 Advanced, Culture Champions and Workplace Leaders (October 2026)
  • Labour Proclamation No. 1156/2019
  • Commercial Code of Ethiopia, Proclamation No. 1243/2021
  • ISO 9000:2015 and ISO 9001:2015 quality management principles; ISO 37301:2021 compliance management systems; ISO 30401:2018 knowledge management systems; ISO 30414 human capital reporting guidelines
  • Good practice in employee engagement measurement and coaching, including the employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS), the GROW model and SBI feedback

Examples and organizations are fictional. Apply your own organization's approved policies.