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A leader keeps running the inquiry, engagement and review cycle to change a team's culture. What happens at the tipping point?

The change keeps going on its own.

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  1. The change keeps going on its own ✔
  2. Everyone goes back to old habits
  3. The leader must start over

Why: LaGuardia says leaders spread good stories through a cycle of inquiry, engagement and review. Repeat it enough and the culture reaches a tipping point, after which the change carries itself forward.

Huh, didn't know that: After the tipping point, the reading says hiring, training and reviews should all back up the new culture.

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Why did the snowball keep rolling? It reached its tipping point.
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Answer: The change keeps going on its own. LaGuardia says leaders spread good stories through a cycle of inquiry, engagement and review. Repeat it enough and the culture reaches a tipping point, after which the change carries itself forward.

  1. Learn to Lead, Volume 4: Strategic Perspectives, reading 15.1, Organizational Culture (Dorian LaGuardia) (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/Volume_4_Web_4028F891F0A14.pdf
    Once you reach that point, changing the culture will continue on its own.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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