What’s the problem with happy people? “Are my people happy?” “Are they engaged?” “Are we doing everything we can to motivate them?” More than ever, companies are concerned with these questions about their employees. It’s common knowledge these days that happy, engaged, motivated people are the key to better profits and competitive advantage. But there [...]
Ten Fatal Flaws In Your Corporate Culture
September 26, 2012 • Leave a Comment
Corporate Culture Matters – 10 Fatal Flaws That Undermine Your Ability to Change By now, every smart leader knows that corporate culture is an essential element of business performance. In an era of increasing uncertainty and speed of change, your organization’s culture is either a source of strength and advantage that flies faster than your [...]
Corporate Cultures that Enable FLCs (Frequently Lamented Concerns)
June 15, 2012 • Leave a Comment
Today at the grocery store, I waited 15 minutes to buy turkey at the deli. When it became abundantly clear that I wouldn’t be seeing any turkey, I finally gave up and went about my business. The reason I was turkey-less? There were 5 high school kids buying made-to-order sandwiches in line in front of [...]
The Greatest Hindrance to Innovation: Head Trash
May 30, 2012 • Leave a Comment
“We need more innovation to grow – operational efficiency isn’t enough to succeed into the future.” Most efforts to grow your business aren’t stopped by ideas, technology, or strategy. Growth is killed in execution.
Learn to Lead Culture Change at the ASTD Conference
May 14, 2012 • Leave a Comment
What happens when over 8,000 business professionals from around the globe gather together in a professional learning environment for a week? They’ll expand their networks, hear fascinating speeches from industry leaders, and take away valuable insight on how to improve their businesses. In other words, change happens. Whether it is a Fortune 500 company, a [...]
How to Develop A Successful Corporate Culture Formula
May 2, 2012 • Leave a Comment
“Our culture is friendly and intense. But if push comes to shove we’ll settle for intense.” – Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Forbes. April 23, 2012 Exactly how would you define corporate culture as a business concept? Would it be as simple to say it’s the “personality” of a particular business? The truth is that corporate culture [...]
Corporate Culture Really Matters – Stories that Inspire
April 23, 2012 • Leave a Comment
Inspiration comes in many forms. In a corporate culture, such inspiration lives in the stories told by successful managers and entrepreneurs. Here, we want to share valuable anecdotes form the basis of a powerful philosophy that is creating a revolution in management. The Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge is a “culture on steroids” competitive contest sponsored by [...]
Why Innovation is a Culture Thing
October 13, 2011 • Leave a Comment
New Ideas + Effective Implementation + Positive Impact on Business = Innovation
Assessing Sick Corporate Cultures
September 12, 2011 • Leave a Comment
Can sick corporate cultures be healed by merging? By now, you may have read of the firing by phone of Carol Bartz from the post of Yahoo CEO (just a few weeks after the Chairman publicly affirmed total support for her). Rumors and speculation abound regarding the future of Yahoo. To some it is ripe [...]
Does Corporate Culture Equal Values?
August 25, 2011 • Leave a Comment
Corporate culture is not just values and attitudes “Values and attitudes” don’t equal corporate culture. That they do is the most common misconception regarding corporate culture. In our experience, executives often confuse culture as “soft stuff” – thus not understanding how to impact it – when it is described using intangible, unmeasurable language and concepts. [...]