Culture Assessment Services
See your culture clearly, and shape where it goes next.
Edstellar runs organizational culture assessments for leadership teams and HR. Validated tools such as Talogy Perceptions and the Leadership Climate Indicator, combined with focus groups and leader interviews, show the culture people experience today, so culture change, inclusion and leadership programs focus where they matter most.
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The culture you have, and the culture you need.
A culture assessment, sometimes called a culture audit, measures the shared values, behaviors and climate that shape how work gets done and the workplace culture people experience. Edstellar compares today’s culture with the culture your strategy needs, around four principles.
A clear target culture
Leaders agree on the values and behaviors the strategy needs, so the assessment has a clear reference point.
Every voice, safely heard
Anonymous surveys and focus groups give employees a safe way to describe the culture as they experience it.
Leaders’ impact made visible
Leadership climate shows how leaders shape the culture their teams experience every day.
Action, then measurement
Findings lead to focused actions, and a follow-up assessment shows what has shifted.
Edstellar culture assessments that make culture something you can shape.
Edstellar’s culture assessments give leaders and HR a clear, honest view of the organizational culture and workplace culture employees experience, so culture change, culture transformation, inclusion and leadership programs build on evidence.
A shared view of the culture
Leaders see the company culture employees experience every day, alongside the one described in the values statement.
A clear target to work toward
Agreeing on the culture you need gives every culture initiative a clear direction.
Leaders who shape culture well
Leadership climate insight shows each leader how they influence their team’s experience.
More inclusive ways of working
Inclusive behavior benchmarks show where everyday behaviors already include everyone and where to build a more inclusive culture.
Smoother change and integration
Culture insight helps leaders plan restructures, mergers and transformations with people in mind.
Progress you can measure
Before and after assessment shows how the culture shifts as programs take effect.
Proven culture assessment tools, chosen for each question.
Edstellar works with validated culture and climate tools from leading publishers, alongside tailored surveys and focus groups, choosing the right tool for each culture question.
Where Edstellar culture assessment fits in the employee lifecycle
- Business units
- Teams
- People leaders
- Campus & pre-hire
- Hiring decisions
- Onboarding (applies)
- Individual development
- First-time managers
- Promotion & succession
- Leadership & coaching (applies)
- Team & culture (applies)
- Safety & compliance
Get a recommended culture assessment for your organization.
An Edstellar specialist will match tools to your culture questions.
Assess your culture assessment maturity against the essentials.
A quick check of how well you understand and shape your culture today, from the target culture to follow-up.
- A personalized readiness tier, from Foundation to Insight-ready.
- A clear view of where your culture approach is strong, and where it is blind.
- The first moves to make before your next culture survey.
Edstellar culture assessment services, end to end.
From the target culture to follow-up measurement, Edstellar covers every part of a culture assessment.
Target culture definition
Work with leaders to agree on the values and behaviors the strategy needs, as the reference point for the assessment.
What the strategy needs
You get:Target culture profile
Culture and climate surveys
Run Talogy Perceptions, the Leadership Climate Indicator or a tailored culture survey across the organization, with anonymity protected.
Surveys chosen for the question at hand
You get:Culture survey results
Focus groups and leader interviews
Explore the employee culture survey results in focus groups and interviews, to understand the stories behind the numbers.
The stories behind the numbers
You get:Qualitative culture insight
Inclusion assessment
Benchmark inclusive behaviors with Talogy Perceptions and build development plans with clear behavior goals.
Inclusion built into everyday behavior
You get:Inclusion benchmark and plans
Culture change roadmap
Turn findings into a prioritized culture change roadmap, connected to leadership development, communication and OD work.
From insight to action
You get:Culture change roadmap
Pulse and follow-up measurement
Track progress with short Mindgage pulse checks and a follow-up culture assessment.
Culture shifts you can see
You get:Progress reports
The Edstellar culture assessment process.
Edstellar runs culture assessments in six steps, from scope to review. Most organizations have their findings within about eight weeks of kickoff, depending on size and the number of locations.
Scope
Weeks 1 to 2
Agree on the purpose, the target culture and who will take part.
YOU GET
Culture brief
Design
Weeks 2 to 3
Choose the surveys and plan focus groups, communication and anonymity safeguards.
YOU GET
Assessment plan
Assess
Weeks 3 to 6
Employees complete the survey, and focus groups explore the results.
YOU GET
Culture data
Debrief
Weeks 6 to 8
Share the findings with leaders and teams in facilitated sessions.
YOU GET
Culture findings
Develop
Following months
Run the agreed actions, from leadership programs to team commitments.
YOU GET
Culture program in action
Review
Ongoing
Pulse checks and a follow-up assessment show what has shifted.
YOU GET
Progress review
Ready-to-use outputs for every decision.
Every Edstellar culture assessment ends with reports and outputs that leaders and teams can read quickly and act on right away.
Leadership team
A clear direction
Culture diagnostic report
Today’s culture compared with the target culture, with the stories behind the numbers.
Step 4: DebriefCulture change roadmap
Prioritized actions connected to leadership, communication and OD work.
Step 5: DevelopManagers and teams
Practical actions
Leadership climate reports
How each leader’s team experiences the climate they create.
Step 4: DebriefTeam action plans
Practical changes each team commits to.
Step 5: DevelopHR and L&D
Progress you can track
Inclusion benchmark
Inclusive behaviors benchmarked across the organization.
Step 4: DebriefProgress review
Pulse and follow-up results showing what has shifted.
Step 6: ReviewShape the culture your strategy needs.
Scope your culture assessment with an Edstellar specialist.
Why choose Edstellar for culture assessment.
Edstellar defines the target culture with your leaders, measures the culture people experience with validated surveys and focus groups, and connects the findings to leadership and OD work, so culture change has direction and momentum.
Assessment to development, one partner
Insight turns into action, because the team that assesses your culture also delivers the leadership, training and OD work that shapes it.
The difference
Many test providers stop at the report. Edstellar connects it to development.
Runs on the Capability Intelligence Platform
You always know who is ready and where the gaps sit, with a live picture of verified skills between assessment cycles.
The difference
Your skills data stays live, not frozen in a PDF.
Expert interpretation, every time
Experienced consultants read every result in context, alongside focus groups and leader interviews, so leaders understand and act on the findings.
The difference
Insight people act on, not a score they guess at.
Certified assessors, wherever your people are
Culture assessments run online, in person or blended across 100+ locations, in a format that suits each workforce.
The difference
The same standard in every country you assess.
A proven method, not improvisation
Every engagement runs the same six steps, from scope to review, with tools chosen for the culture question at hand.
The difference
A repeatable system, not a bespoke experiment each time.
The right tool for every culture question
Edstellar is not tied to a single test publisher, so each culture question gets the tool that fits it best.
The difference
The tool fits the question, not the other way round.
Trusted across industries and regions
Fortune 500 clients served worldwide
Culture assessment FAQs.
A culture assessment, or organizational culture assessment, measures the shared values, behaviors and climate that shape how work gets done and the employee experience in an organization. Edstellar compares the culture employees experience today with the culture your strategy needs, using validated surveys, focus groups and leader interviews.
Depending on the question, Edstellar uses the Leadership Climate Indicator (LCI) for leadership climate, Talogy Perceptions for inclusive behaviors, Mindgage for regular pulse feedback and Capture from Talogy for values alignment and culture fit at hiring and onboarding, alongside tailored surveys and focus groups.
Culture is the deeper set of shared values and assumptions that shape behavior over time. Climate is how people experience their work environment day to day, often shaped strongly by their leader. Edstellar assesses both, because climate is often where culture change shows first.
The Leadership Climate Indicator (LCI) measures the climate leaders create for their teams and business units. Edstellar uses it before and after leadership programs and change initiatives to show climate shifts and target the next actions.
Anonymity safeguards, such as minimum group sizes for reporting, are agreed at scoping and explained to employees before each employee culture survey. Results are used to improve the culture, never to single out individuals.
Talogy Perceptions benchmarks inclusive behaviors across the organization, and Edstellar turns the results into development plans with clear behavior goals, especially for people leaders.
Yes. Assessing company culture before and during a restructure, merger or culture transformation shows where cultures differ and what people need, so leaders can plan integration and change with people in mind.
An engagement survey measures how committed and energized employees feel. A culture assessment looks at the values, behaviors and leadership climate behind that experience. Edstellar offers both, and they work well together.
Most organizations have the findings of their culture audit within about eight weeks of kickoff, depending on size, locations and the number of focus groups. Culture programs and follow-up measurement then continue over the following months.
Survey data is collected only for the agreed purpose, access is limited to agreed stakeholders, and results are reported under the anonymity and confidentiality terms set at scoping. Edstellar holds ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certification for information security management.
Cost depends on the size of the organization, the number of locations, the tools used, how many focus groups and interviews you need, and the follow-up support. Edstellar scopes each assessment before quoting, so you pay only for what your goals require.
Talk through your questions with an Edstellar assessment specialist.
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Tell Edstellar the culture questions you want answered. A specialist replies within one business day with a scoped response, no automated sales sequence.