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by DeAnne Aguirre, Rutger von Post, and Micah Alpern Culture is critically important to business success, according to 84 percent of the more than 2,200 global participants in the 2013 culture and change management survey. Findings also suggest strong correlations between the success of change programs and whether culture was leveraged in the change process — pointing to the need for a more culture-oriented approach to change. However, there is a clear disparity between […]
Working Out Loud Circles Those could be my words but they’re not. They’re from Barbara in Germany, one of the first people to go through the 12-week coaching program for working out loud. Barbara and I first met via an enterprise social network we use at our firm. Only after we started coaching via telephone did we get the chance to meet in person and become good friends. Working with her shaped the ideas in […]
20140108_4 by Dan McGinn | 11:00 AM January 7, 2014 Since 2009, Adam Bryant has interviewed hundreds of CEOs for the “Corner Office” feature in The New York Times . This month he’s publishing his second book based on the interviews: “Quick and Nimble: Lessons from Leading CEOs on How […]
20131124_3 People often think of corporate culture as “soft” because it involves squishy things like values and expectations. That’s true as far as it goes—but winning cultures have a hard, metrics-driven element as well. A culture that feels upbeat and positive but doesn’t contribute to profitable growth or beating […]
by Michael C. Mankins | 8:00 AM December 19, 2013 A company’s culture can have a powerful impact on its performance. Culture is the glue that binds an organization together and it’s the hardest thing for competitors to copy. As a result, it can be a lasting source of competitive […]
by Jon R. Katzenbach | 8:00 AM December 18, 2013 Company culture changes very slowly, so efforts to do an about-face are inevitably a waste of time and energy: Organizations either declare victory prematurely or, in frustration, abandon the attempt. You’re better off thinking of your cultural situation as an […]
Thomas Barta What do you stand for? Why do you do what you do? Your ability to answer these questions is the key to unlocking your magnetism as a leader. In one of the most popular TEDTalks of all time, Simon Sinek vividly illustrates the communication style that history’s […]
The Denison Organizational Culture Survey (DOCS) has increasingly become the cultural and organizational effectiveness assessment tool of choice. It has been used by more than 5,000 companies worldwide since first becoming available over 20 years ago. Using the Denison Organizational Culture Survey , organizations are able to benchmark their […]
Culture change is a bear. The conventional wisdom is that it takes years to change a culture, defined as the assumed beliefs and norms that govern “the way we do things around here.” And few organizations explicitly use culture as a way to drive business performance, or even believe […]