Culture Barometer: Understand the culture shaping performance
For over 35 years, Taylor Clarke has been at the forefront of organisational culture transformation, helping businesses create thriving, high-performing teams. Our tried-and-tested methodology combines qualitative and quantitative insights to provide a deep, unbiased and actionable understanding of your company’s culture. By integrating our proven culture survey, one-to-one interviews, and focus groups, we help organisations foster employee engagement, psychological safety, and sustainable business performance, with the foundations tethered in taking care of the people potential throughout the organisation.
The Taylor Clarke Culture Barometer review is the first step to building a culture that unlocks and takes care of potential, the single most important competitive advantage any organisation has.
Why invest in culture now?
A strong workplace culture drives higher engagement, lower turnover, and better business performance. Without an intentional focus on culture, organisations risk promoting employees into leadership without the necessary skills, leading to disengagement, inefficiency, and missed opportunities. Investing early in cultural improvement ensures long-term success, a resilient workforce, and a thriving organisation.
Key Features of Culture Barometer
This is not an off-the-shelf tool. It’s a bespoke cultural analysis designed to give you actionable insight, aligned to your business context and ambition.
Tailored to your unique culture
Unlike generic culture surveys, our approach is fully customised to reflect the values, goals and aspirations that make your organisation unique.
One size doesn't fit all
Every company’s culture is different. That’s why we’ve developed a buildable framework grounded in research-backed principles and a deep knowledge of organisational culture, so you can benchmark your organisation without being boxed in.
Co-created with you
In our discovery phase, we collaborate closely to understand what you like and what doesn’t sit so well with you about your current culture, as well as taking time to understand your aspirations for your future culture. We then tailor everything, to highlight your strengths and uncover opportunities for growth and ways to achieve the culture you aspire to.
Insight at every level
Drill down into specific teams, departments or regions to uncover cultural nuances and differences across your organisation
Key Areas of Focus of Culture Barometer
Psychological Safety
Ensuring people feel safe to share ideas, take risks, and challenge the status quo without fear of negative repercussions. Psychological safety is essential for innovation, creativity, engagement, and long-term business performance.
Supporting Success (Individual, team & organisation)
Looking at how teams, managers and leaders align, interact and support the strategic objectives and ambitions of the organisation. Building the right team culture is a foundation stone to competitive advantage
Communication & Collaboration
Assessing how effectively teams communicate, collaborate, and navigate challenges. Our insights help strengthen cohesion and drive high performance.
Unlocking Potential (Motivation, recognition & development)
Knowing that they have done a good job is fundamental to peoples’ sense of engagement and knowing they are supported to grow their skills and to progress gives each member of the team a sense of belonging and purpose.
The Culture Barometer Process
We conduct confidential interviews across all levels of the organisation to gain qualitative insights into:
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Employee lived experiences
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Leadership and Management impact
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Organisational strengths & challenges
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Cultural barriers
2.One-to-One Interviews
A tailored, anonymous survey designed to measure key cultural indicators, including:
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Psychological safety
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Supporting success (Thriving teams)
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Communication & Collaboration
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Unlocking potential (Motivation, Recognition & Development)
Our benchmarking capabilities allow organisations to track cultural evolution over time and compare different teams/divisions.
1. Culture Survey
3. Focus Groups
Interactive and inclusive discussions that encourage employees to openly share perspectives on:
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Team dynamics & collaboration
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Workplace inclusivity
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Psychological safety
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Opportunities for cultural enhancement
Deliverables & Impact
Upon completion of the Culture Barometer Review, organisations receive a comprehensive report, including:
✔ Key findings from surveys, interviews, and focus groups
✔ Analysis of strengths & areas for development
✔ Insights into psychological safety & team effectiveness
✔ Clear, actionable recommendations for cultural enhancement
✔ Leadership & team development strategies to sustain progress
Expected Outcomes
✔ Enhanced employee engagement and job satisfaction
✔ Stronger leadership and team dynamics
✔ Greater innovation and adaptability
✔ Improved communication and collaboration
✔ A more inclusive, psychologically safe, and high-performing workplace culture
Book a Culture Barometer Scoping Call
FAQ's about Culture Barometer
What is a Culture Barometer?
A Culture Barometer is a tailored workplace culture assessment. It helps leaders understand how people experience the organisation day to day, what is helping performance, and where culture may be creating friction, risk or missed potential.
How is a Culture Barometer different from an employee engagement survey?
An engagement survey provides useful data, but it does not always explain why people feel as they do. Taylor Clarke’s Culture Barometer combines a tailored survey with confidential interviews and focus groups, giving leaders both quantitative evidence and the context behind it.
What does the Culture Barometer assess?
The assessment explores the cultural factors that shape performance, including psychological safety, communication and collaboration, leadership, motivation, recognition, development, and the conditions that help individuals, teams and the organisation succeed.
Are interviews and focus groups confidential?
Yes. Confidentiality is central to the process. We create a trusted space for people to share their experience openly, then report themes and patterns to leaders rather than attributing comments to individuals.
Can the Culture Barometer identify differences between teams or locations?
Yes. The work can be tailored to explore cultural differences across teams, functions, seniority levels or locations. This helps leadership teams see where experience is consistent and where a more targeted response is needed.
Who is the Culture Barometer for?
It is designed for organisations and leadership teams who want a clearer, evidence-led understanding of their culture. It is particularly valuable during growth, restructuring, leadership change, transformation, or when engagement results have raised questions that need deeper exploration.
What will we receive at the end of the process?
You will receive a clear picture of the cultural strengths to protect, the themes that need attention, and practical recommendations for action. Taylor Clarke will share the findings with your leadership team and help identify the most useful next steps.
How do we get started?
Book a Culture Barometer scoping call. We will discuss your organisation, the questions you need answered and the right approach for your context.