Wests Tigers Culture

[mike]

Our culture is one of mediocrity and a ‘that’ll do’ mentality. This happens after 10 years of underperformance. Hopefully things are changing.

100% 💯

 

[Bones]

Culture is the most over used word in Rugba leeg. When you’re winning you have a great culture , when you’re losing you have a bad culture. Start winning and the culture rubbish goes away.

 

[cochise]

Culture is the most over used word in Rugba leeg. When you’re winning you have a great culture , when you’re losing you have a bad culture. Start winning and the culture rubbish goes away.

It only goes away because you are winning despite your culture and that winning is usually short term because you do not have the processes and practices embedded to support continual success.

And for those that keep raising Cronulla as an example of poor culture leading to success. A culture that promotes cheating is usually very successful until you are caught.

 

[Lauren]

Team culture stems from how the players not only buy into the coach's plans(vision) and their implemented standards and principles, but also their shared contribution of these goals - it's why when the leadership group are effective in their roles it helps build unity/solidarity and response management within the playing group, and therefore produces success in their performances.
With an overwhelming amount of young talent and leaders who lack the required temperament or agility - Mbye and Benji, who no offence hinders team cohesion - plus a pack with no leader. It's easy to see why we're struggling in some aspects, especially with our forward pack.

Cultural issues are only standing out for us - and the media - like a sore thumb because we're going through a transition period, with a roster including some of Ivan's recruits and no apparent leaders.
Plus you also need to consider the amount of coaches we've had and how this has also contributed.

Edit:
The Wests Tigers Club/Organisation define their culture through their values, objectives and goals, however Madge is given the responsibility to build this(carry this through) at team level.
IMO while we're being poorly judged on poor cultural identity, I believe it's our identity which is the bigger issue. Hence, why I linked our coaching history and why it's still perceived poor.

 

[Guest]

I think an organisation's culture is only as good as its discipline to stick to a program or set of objectives and accurately track towards it. The Wests Tigers can obviously improve here. As much of a disciplinarian that Madge may think he is, real discipline takes time. Players get glimpses of it from time to time when doing military boot camps...events/activities which are designed to take people to uncomfortable places, physically and mentally.

It's not realistic for the Tigers to become a military outfit, but you can learn a lot from the discipline they preach, and look for ways and means to adopt that into the sporting world - things like the entire top squad right now watching FG play for example - having a clear set of expectations, and then adhering to those expectations.

I don't like to make assumptions, but the WT would undoubtedly have some standards that they adhere to, but I think events in recent days have shown there is certainly room to improve standards, and by improving standards and discipline, i.e professionalism, culture - in my opinion will also improve.

 

[tiger_one]

Does winning improve culture?

 

[Lauren]

Team culture stems from the coach's plans(vision) and their implemented standards and principals - when the leadership group are effective in their roles it helps build unity/solidarity and response management within the playing group, and therefore produces success in their performances.
With an overwhelming amount of young talent and leaders who lack the required temperament or agility - Mbye and Benji, who no offence hinders team cohesion - plus a pack with no leader. It's easy to see why we're struggling in some aspects, especially with our forward pack.

Cultural issues are only standing out for us - and the media - like a sore thumb because we're going through a transition period, with a roster including some of Ivan's recruits and no apparent leaders.
Plus you also need to consider the amount of coaches we've had and how this has also contributed.

Ohhh, Lauren, you lost me at "standards and principals". I asume you meant "principles"?

Things like that stand out for me "like a sore thumb" and influence how I interpret and accept the message.

And, I think it influences the performance and attitude of the team if the coach and highest profile players have nothing more than "slogans" and little attention to detail.

Hence, why I support 100% Maguire and the club's decision to end the Benji career here in 2020.

My bad, as a teacher guess I see and write the word principal too much I guess ??

 

[Geo]

We are not the Swiss...we are the Jamaican bobsled team..

 

[mike]

We are not the Swiss...we are the Jamaican bobsled team..

“Feel the Rhythm! Feel the Rhyme! Get on up, it's bobsled time! Cool Runnings!"

 

[Hangonaminute]

Are you talking about the stuff in yoghurt?

 

[cochise]

Does winning improve culture?

Depends on the situation, winning can actually make a bad culture worse. I think that was highlighted with the banks recently.

Like anything in life, a bad culture can win and a good culture can lose

 

[cochise]

Are you talking about the stuff in yoghurt?

I hate yoghurt as much as I hate magpies lol

 

[TrueTiger]

Culture must firstly be developed,it then must be instilled through the organisation,accepted by all within the organisation, accepted by new people who come into the organisation and finally maintained throughout the organisation....

Its up to the organisation to choose the culture it wants to be viewed by....

 

[cochise]

Culture must firstly be developed,it then must be instilled through the organisation,accepted by all within the organisation, accepted by new people who come into the organisation and finally maintained throughout the organisation....

Its up to the organisation to choose the culture it wants to be viewed by....

Finally after days of disagreeing with each other we are on the same page lol

 

[InBenjiWeTrust]

Does winning improve culture?

Depends on the situation, winning can actually make a bad culture worse. I think that was highlighted with the banks recently.

Like anything in life, a bad culture can win and a good culture can lose

correct, 'too big to fail' is a cancer!

 

[StarswithStripes]

There’s truth in much of what is being said here. I work for a company that has a good culture. I’ve been there 13 years as a result. It comes from leadership and values that are aligned to a purpose that defines why we are in business. It puts a focus on its people and what matters most to its customers. A guy by the name of Simon Sinek said, “People don’t buy what you do. They buy why you do it”.

So what is the Tigers purpose? Why are Tigers fans so loyal? Clearly we aren’t all buying what the club is doing at the moment but stay loyal for why we are doing it. Finally we have leadership that is serious about a vision. Culture takes time to make and break. We just need to break the culture we have that is not delivering success and create an environment that allows a culture of success to develop. A huge task that is helped when winning.

 

[Telltails]

There’s truth in much of what is being said here. I work for a company that has a good culture. I’ve been there 13 years as a result. It comes from leadership and values that are aligned to a purpose that defines why we are in business. It puts a focus on its people and what matters most to its customers. A guy by the name of Simon Sinek said, “People don’t buy what you do. They buy why you do it”.

So what is the Tigers purpose? Why are Tigers fans so loyal? Clearly we aren’t all buying what the club is doing at the moment but stay loyal for why we are doing it. Finally we have leadership that is serious about a vision. Culture takes time to make and break. We just need to break the culture we have that is not delivering success and create an environment that allows a culture of success to develop. A huge task that is helped when winning.

Making a connection builds loyalty. You can choose a work environment based on its " culture" but following a footy team is emotive and even though you can identify all the club's weakness's breaking that connection is not as easy.

 

[StarswithStripes]

There’s truth in much of what is being said here. I work for a company that has a good culture. I’ve been there 13 years as a result. It comes from leadership and values that are aligned to a purpose that defines why we are in business. It puts a focus on its people and what matters most to its customers. A guy by the name of Simon Sinek said, “People don’t buy what you do. They buy why you do it”.

So what is the Tigers purpose? Why are Tigers fans so loyal? Clearly we aren’t all buying what the club is doing at the moment but stay loyal for why we are doing it. Finally we have leadership that is serious about a vision. Culture takes time to make and break. We just need to break the culture we have that is not delivering success and create an environment that allows a culture of success to develop. A huge task that is helped when winning.

Making a connection builds loyalty. You can choose a work environment based on its " culture" but following a footy team is emotive and even though you can identify all the club's weakness's breaking that connection is not as easy.

So true. Can’t seem to leave them Tigers!