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The 6+ most dangerous words in business
- Toxic phrases that have no place in the workplace How often do you hear those words around your organization? Wasn’t it only last month that a senior manager blocked a new employee’s suggestion...
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The comfortable trap – avoid an organizational monoculture
- Many companies as they get larger tend to get into a monoculture mentality – but living in a bubble is one of the biggest mistakes executives can make. Why? Because one of the surest ways of losing...
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Time to say goodbye – Now corporate culture integration starts
- Nokia was once the dominant force in the cell phone world The company was founded nearly 150 years ago and it went through a number of iterations before it became the cell phone giant most of us...
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Organisational culture eats strategy for breakfast, lunch and dinner
- Strategy or culture: Which is more important? “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”, a phrase originated by Peter Drucker and made famous by Mark Fields, President at Ford, is an absolute reality!...
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Organizational culture change in a digital era
- Organizational culture change in a digital age When the talk falls on social media in organizations it is typically with the focus on the external environment and customers. There is nothing wrong...
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Stand out in a crowded market through corporate value statements
- For many businesses, corporate value statements are little more than vague motherhood statements that sound nice but bear little relation to way business is done. Recent high-profile scandals and...
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How to build organisational alignment and improve employee performance
- Organisational alignment requires compatibility between the strategic and cultural \’paths,\’ and consistency within them. There’s no doubt about it – building organisational alignment is a big...
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Corporate values shape organizational culture
- Culture creates the foundation for strategy Culture creates the foundation for strategy and will either be a company’s greatest asset or largest liability. While culture has many aspects and...
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Top 30+ key obstacles to innovation
- Creativity has become the currency of success As most of the tangible advantages of the past have become commodities, creativity has become the currency of success. A study of 1,500 CEOs indicated...
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Organizational culture the business game changer
- Organizational culture is today’s major performance differentiator This is something that has been observed over the years by organizations around the globe and ironically not many take it up...
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Is organizational culture change needed
- Is organizational culture change needed? A study from Booz & Company: 96% think culture change is needed in their organization. Here are the “Cultures Role in Enabling Organizational Change”: 84...
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Promoting organizational values
- Core values are what support the vision, shape the organizational culture and reflect what the company values. They are the essence of the company’s identity – the principles, beliefs or philosophy...
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Creating an organizational culture code
- Culture code – organizational guidelines Company value statements typically have a tendency to be a bit vague and lacking instructions that tell employees what the most important guidelines are for...
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Top 10+ why happiness at work will increase performance
- It’s time to finally blow up the myth that feelings don’t matter at work Research research conducted by neuroscientists Richard Davidson and V.S. Ramachandran and by psychologist Shawn Achor –...
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Organizational culture is like an iceberg
- Titanic sank after colliding with an iceberg In 1912 the Titanic was the largest ocean passenger liner of its time and was significant for many reasons. It was built in England for trans-Atlantic...
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When it comes to organisational change – Pour champagne on it
- Taking the time to celebrate When it comes to change management, people don‘t believe in a new direction because they suspend their disbelief. They believe because they‘re actually seeing behaviour,...
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Toxic organizational culture
- Toxic organizational culture and business performance Allowing your organizational culture to become polluted by toxicity is a death blow to your vision and strategy. How do you gauge if your...
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The organizational culture aquarium
- Long-term success is dependent on a culture that is nurtured and alive. Culture is the environment in which a company’s strategy and brand thrives or dies a slow death. It’s one of the most...
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Living organizational values and culture code
- Organizational values It’s one thing to have beliefs and values spelled out in a frame in the conference room. It’s another thing to have genuine and memorable beliefs that are directional, alive...
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Organizational culture is becoming increasingly important
- People, workforce planning will become more important than financial planning This is a statement from a TED talk by Rainer Strack on his interpretation of the workforce challenge. It sounds counter...
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