Introducing Hogan Group
Family-run Hogan Group operates a collection of companies in construction and aggregates, employing over 120 people and 150 contractors. Known for their commitment to quality service during its 60 year history, Hogan Group focuses on reinvestment as an essential factor to both their success and employee well-being.
Understanding that a strong culture impacts both employee satisfaction and service excellence, Hogan Group set out to assess the cultural landscape across all employees in their two main business units.
They partnered with Cultiv8tiv to gain a holistic view of their culture, challenge existing perceptions, ensuring that all levels of the organisation could be heard. By running a Cultiv8tiv assessment they aimed to create a culture transformation project that would positively impact the areas that mattered most to their team.
Read on to discover how the Cultiv8tiv assessment helped Hogan Group gain valuable insights into their organisational culture, before implementing impactful changes aligned with their core values.
Challenges and Cultural Context
With two distinct business units – one focused on construction and the other on aggregates – Hogan Group faced a unique cultural challenge, especially as each unit operated with its own management team and daily processes.
Even the nature and location of work varied between business unit, with construction teams primarily working on sites and the majority of the aggregates teams being largely office based.
The separated nature of the business units led Hogan Group’s senior leadership team to believe that each team had developed its own distinct culture and they wanted to unify the businesses under a shared cultural framework that reflected the values Hogan Group had developed over its 60-year history.
The leadership team’s goal was to address perceived cultural differences and create a more aligned, positive culture across both units.
Breaking Cultural Assumptions with Cultiv8tiv
Before undertaking any culture transformation initiatives, Hogan Group used Cultiv8tiv’s AI-powered assessment to evaluate cultural alignment across their two business units, ultimately seeking to test their preconceived notion that culture differed between each business unit.
The output of their Cultiv8tiv assessment provided the senior leadership team with data and insights that challenged their assumptions about the culture within each unit.
Rather than confirming stark cultural differences, the assessment revealed shared values across both teams but at varying levels of engagement and emphasis. This insight reshaped the senior leadership team’s approach, as their initial beliefs were replaced with data-driven clarity.
Armed with a better understanding that the culture was the same across business units, just at differing levels, Hogan Group was able to focus their transformation efforts on the areas that would most effectively unify the teams.
The Cultiv8tiv assessment also highlighted specific areas within both unit that could benefit from additional focus, as well as the areas that were positive across both teams, setting the groundwork for targeted cultural improvements.
Data-Driven Transformation: Insights and Actions
With clear, actionable insights from the assessment, Hogan Group’s leadership devised a culture transformation plan that addressed both shared strengths and areas for improvement. The data from their report allowed them to:
- Prioritise areas of improvement across both units while reinforcing values already embedded in the culture.
- Ensure a balanced focus: Although both units shared similar cultural values, one required more targeted efforts to match the engagement levels of the other.
- Plan for sustainable change: By revisiting the assessment annually, Hogan Group will be able to track progress and adjust strategies, fostering continuous improvement across the organisation.
This approach ensures that the senior leadership team can focus on the most impactful changes, creating a strong, unified culture that resonates across all business units.
Client Testimonials
Reflecting on the value of the Cultiv8tiv assessment, Kevin Hogan, Managing Director of Hogan Group, said:
“We’ve run culture programs in the past, but none have offered the level of detail Cultiv8tiv provided. It allowed us to see our culture from a fresh perspective, providing insights we hadn’t seen or considered before.”
Karen Hogan, Project Manager at Hogan Group, added:
“Before the Cultiv8tiv assessment we assumed our two business units had completely different cultures. The process showed us that they actually share many of the same values, just at different levels.
“With the data to back up our decisions, we’re now able to bring our teams along on this journey and create positive, unified changes that reflect what our employees value most.”
Looking Forward
With a clear, data-backed path forward, Hogan Group is now equipped to drive meaningful cultural transformation.
By aligning their business units under shared values, they’re building on their positive culture to ensure that everybody in the organisation benefits, no matter which business unit they work in.
Annual assessments will allow Hogan Group to measure progress, ensuring they deliver on their goals of bringing both business units up to the same level, with numerical values attributed to culture ensuring easy comparison year on year.