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 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 [...]
Corporate Culture Change: Cornerstone of Engagement
April 11, 2012 • 1 Comment
Seeking Culture Change and Employee Engagement? Achieving growth and innovation is on everyone’s minds these days. Increasingly leaders are seeking culture change and employee engagement as the answer. In this era, being in the driver’s seat requires extreme leadership. It’s hard to navigate the whitewater of global competition, workers who don’t like to be [...]
Does Organizational Health Really Affect the Bottom Line?
September 29, 2011 • Leave a Comment
In June 2011, McKinsey featured an article in their quarterly newsletter entitled “Organizational health: The ultimate competitive advantage.” In it, they state that “focusing on organizational health—the ability of your organization to align, execute, and renew itself faster than your competitors can—is just as important as focusing on the traditional drivers of business performance. Organizational [...]
Corporate culture and work-life balance
September 15, 2011 • 6 Comments
Should corporate culture and work-life be legislated? Where should the responsibility of work-life initiatives lie? Should the government be weighing in with legislation, companies be ponying up resources or should we be our own work-life gurus? Corporate cultures that have cultivated programs in which work-life balance is alive and well do reap financial rewards. Think [...]
Culture Wisdom with a Personal Touch
September 9, 2011 • Leave a Comment
My son entered his freshman year in high school 2 weeks ago (no that’s not him pictured above). The school is a 10 minute drive from Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado – the site of the nation’s worst school shooting tragedy in April 1999. Our community has never forgotten Columbine. We are reminded of [...]
Culture of Storytelling Drives Engagement
August 29, 2011 • Leave a Comment
Culture + storytelling used by great leaders Every culture has it’s stories. Storytelling is basic to humanity. We humans are tribal. Since the dawn of time stories have been used to inspire. Stories are the currency of community. We need stories to help us pass on wisdom and feel connected. To share our dreams [...]
Corporate Culture Success From A Surprising Source
August 18, 2011 • Leave a Comment
“I think every business needs to ask a single critical question, “If I am the ideal customer why should I purchase from you, rather than any of your competitors?” –Dr. Flint McGlaughlin American culture and global culture In American culture, innovation, freedom and independence are core values we hold dear and near. But these [...]
Fun with Culture and Innovation
July 15, 2011 • Leave a Comment
Funny for the week, on Culture and Innovation: Courtesy of: http://www.bonkersworld.net/ Lisa Jackson and Gerry Schmidt are corporate culture experts, helping companies improve performance through sensible methods of changing company culture, and aligning their culture with unprecedented change and transformation … and a little fun never hurts either. Visit them on the web at [...]