Measure the Behavioural Reality of Your Organisation
KARA Culture Audit…
A precise values-based assessment to understand how people behave, decide, collaborate and lead… every day.
Culture is not what leaders say.
Culture is what people do when no body is watching.
Culture Audit
The Kara Culture Audit gives leaders a clear, data-driven picture of their organisation’s real behavioural norms using the Kara 13 Values, a research-based set of behaviours proven to drive performance, trust, agility and execution.
Some organisations use the Culture Audit as the first step in a culture refresh. Others use it as a standalone measurement, especially when they have already completed a culture programme and simply want to track how far they’ve moved.
Either way, the Culture Audit provides clarity, confidence, and a roadmap for better organisational performance.
What the Culture Audit Measures
The audit evaluates behavioural consistency across all 13 organisational values, grouped into three categories:
These 13 values emerged from Dr. Alan O’Neill’s doctoral research and decades of client experience… the values that appear most consistently in high-performing, aligned organisations, regardless of sector or geography.
This is not a generic list. This is the practical core of organisational behaviour.
What the Audit Reveals
1. Behavioural strengths and gaps. You see where values are lived consistently — and where they are merely words.
2. Leadership modelling and credibility. Are leaders walking the talk? Do behaviours match the story the organisation tells?
3. Collaboration, silos and cross-functional alignment. Where teamwork thrives… and where friction is costing time and morale.
4. Agility, innovation and decision-making speed. Is the organisation responsive, adaptive and forward-looking?
5. Trust, respect and psychological safety. Are people able to speak up, challenge and contribute at their best?
6. Ethical and sustainability behaviours. How deeply integrity and ESG commitments are actually embedded.
How it works
1. Online Values Survey. Built around the Kara 13, scoring consistency of behaviour from 1–10.
2. Culture Explorer. An assessment that plots people vs task orientation and pace… placing your team on the Kara Culture Matrix (Kindred, Avant-Garde, Regimented, Action).
3. Qualitative Insights. Open-text questions uncover themes, stories and cultural signals that data alone can’t show.
4. Culture Insights Report. Clear, visual and easy to understand. Shows what’s working, what’s inconsistent, and where leaders need to intervene.
5. Optional Leadership Workshop. We turn the data into shared understanding, priorities and actions. (Not required — but highly valuable.)
Who This Is Ideal For
CEOs ready to scale with confidence
Leadership teams needing structure, discipline and alignment
Organisations shifting culture after rapid growth or acquisition
Teams tired of firefighting and ready to lead with purpose
Businesses that want a strategic partner, not a consultant
Organisations preparing for large change (mergers and acquisitions) or strategic resets
Ready to Explore What Support Would Look Like?
No one-size-fits-all. Let’s have a conversation about what you need and how we can help.
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