Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

While leaders are often focused on how to transform their organizations — and, specifically, their cultures — an equally difficult challenge is keeping a culture steady. As companies go through big changes, they need to retain the best elements of their shared assumptions, values, and common behaviors.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Great corporate cultures are not just good for performance, but for the flourishing and engagement of the people who work in them and to deliver greater meaning and purpose. But oft overlooked is the central role that curiosity plays in crafting an organizational culture.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 28, 2024

Many companies build cultures that are focused on controlling the output of low performers, rather than growing and unlocking everyone’s skills. This approach is low-ROI and ultimately problematic for high-performance cultures.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 18, 2024

The new age of flexible of work has encouraged a culture of overwork, which is proving to be harmful to the mental health of employees.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Curiosity is a powerful practice to infuse into a company’s culture. Curiosity is an exceptionally effective tool that leaders have to lead diverse teams in an increasingly complex time filled with technological advancements and an ever-changing cultural pulse. But they need to do so intentionally.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The success of this integration largely hinges on organizational culture. Crucially, recognizing and rewarding behaviors that align with a company’s purpose, as seen with Patagonia and Unilever, solidifies this culture. Companies are increasingly emphasizing a corporate purpose beyond mere profitability.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

What comprises an organizational culture that makes Black employees feel welcomed and valued? According to research and in-depth interviews, two qualities stand out, particularly among Black workers in market-focused sectors: the ability to collaborate and the space to be open about race at work.

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Consulting Success

APRIL 26, 2021

Aga Bajer is the Founder and CEO of a culture strategy firm called Aga Bajer & Associates. Starting your own consulting business can be challenging, but the decision to leave your job and try to make it on your own is always a process. He worked with well-known brands like Toyota, Porsche, Citibank, PwC, and many.

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Consulting Success

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

In this episode, host Michael Zipursky interviews author and the Chief Culture Officer. Running a business or organization is always better when we have the right mentors, coaches, and trainers to improve our processes, sales, and workforce quality. That is why it’s crucial to remember and acknowledge the value a coach brings to a business.

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Consulting Success

AUGUST 30, 2021

Today’s guest is Mike Zani, CEO of The Predictive Index, a talent optimization platform that helps businesses build high-performing teams and cultures. Having the right consulting team is critical to establishing a strong and stable organization and, ultimately, a successful business.

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Consulting Success

JULY 25, 2022

Join your host Michael Zipursky as he interviews Laura Kriska on integrated cultural experience and expanding consulting business to a global marketplace. You have to develop the ability to collaborate with different people. Laura is the author of The Business of We: The Proven Three-Step Process for Closing the Gap Between Us and Them in.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2023

What they increasingly want is what the research has always shown works: mentally healthier cultures. The authors break down what employees need and — increasingly expect — from their employers when it comes to mental health support and offer several strategies for leaders to foster sustainable, mentally healthy cultures.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 17, 2023

But they also foster a reactive culture. The headwinds of false urgency can be intense. If everything is urgent, there’s little opportunity for creative and deep work, which tends to flourish only when there’s time and space.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The cultural shift toward greater mental health awareness has helped bring needed attention to psychological suffering, improve access to mental health resources, and reduce stigma. However, it may also be increasing the pathologization of ordinary life, leading people to think of themselves as mentally fragile and unwell.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 5, 2024

What Has the Greatest Impact on Organizational Culture? Our organizational alignment research found that cultural factors account for 40% of the difference between high and low growth companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, leadership effectiveness, customer loyalty, and employee engagement. First, let’s define culture.

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Consulting Success

MARCH 28, 2022

Balancing strategy, execution, cash, cultural, cohesive, human, and leadership is very important. Shannon Susko‘s book, Metronomics, explains what systems your company needs to grow. Learn how to unite these systems into one regimen that works for you and your team.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 1, 2024

A conversation with Columbia Business School’s Michael Morris on cultural psychology.

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Clarity Consultants

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

A robust learning culture enhances employee skills and knowledge and drives innovation, adaptability, and overall organizational success. The post Strategies for Cultivating a Culture of Learning in the Workplace appeared first on Clarity Consultants. This results in higher engagement, job satisfaction, and retention.

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 14, 2024

Rocco: […] The post Cartoon: Trashed Work Culture appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces. Rocco Rat (custodian): Hey, Shermie, I was just rummaging through the trash looking for lunch… Shermie: Uh, Rocco, I think that violates our health code.

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Harmonious Workplaces

OCTOBER 31, 2024

To thrive in this environment, companies must foster a culture that embraces change, making it palatable, acceptable, and even exciting for employees. This episode […] The post Episode 28: Building a Culture of Change appeared first on Harmonious Workplaces.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 10, 2024

There are two types of workplace respect: owed and earned. And your team needs both.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2024

Testing, experimentation, and even failure are at the heart of what they do.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 25, 2024

In an era where the boundary between work and personal life is increasingly blurred, navigating personal story sharing demands a nuanced approach. For workers, sharing the personal remains essential to their well-being and success, but requires an intentional and strategic approach.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 17, 2024

If you’re leading your team through big changes, this episode is for you.

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Leadership Planning with Liz Weber CMC

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Why is communication critical for a leader to be effective, to achieve the goals needed, to develop the financial results expected, to delight […] The post Communicate Your Way to the Culture You Want appeared first on Weber Business Services, LLC.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In 2018, the secretary of defense directed the Navy to increase the number of available F/A-18s from 260 to 341 jets within one year. Here’s how they did it.

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Consulting Matters

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Now picture this: Consultants and coaches equipped with the knowledge, skills, and data to influence this type of culture transformation! We chat about how to create organizational cultures that put the people first , even in today’s complex and ever-changing marketplace, and how ensuring fit sets the stage for everyone to thrive.

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 31, 2020

A client of mine uses Microsoft Teams and I engage with them in the way they culturally use Teams, every single day. Even though we may think of going native as a bad thing in consulting because we lose objectivity, in building relationships it's a great thing in the context of fitting into their culture.

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Harvard Business

JULY 9, 2024

Sponsor content from Workhuman.

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Leaders must foster a culture of continuous learning to stay competitive. Leaders must embrace these changes, finding ways to maintain team cohesion, productivity, and culture in dispersed work environments. This creates a culture of belonging, where people are more likely to contribute their best work.

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Consulting Success

MAY 27, 2024

Join Andres Molina, a Cross-Cultural Trainer at Global Manager Consulting, in cracking the code to break into the big leagues and secure high-paying consulting gigs. Forget the endless hustle of chasing small clients.

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Consulting Matters

APRIL 11, 2024

Her firm offers transformational workshops, strategic and culture consulting, and individual coaching that empowers her clients to create cohesive cultures that drive results. Learn more about Laura and her signature Digital Leadership Catalyst online program for leaders who want to grow from the inside out at [link].

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Consulting Matters

JANUARY 5, 2021

If you want to leave a company in a place to continually improve—and help them create a culture of improvement—setting up a system to measure these results is critical. Most consultants are so excited to get the work done, that this final step may take a back seat. It’s critical to measure the results of your intervention.

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Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2024

It used to be thought that globalization would flatten out cultural differences among countries and regions of the world, making it easier than ever for companies to move into foreign markets.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 10, 2024

Too many organizations with unsustainable “work hard, play hard” cultures believe that checking the well-being box by offering mindfulness training or yoga classes qualifies them as having a positive and safe culture when, in fact, they’re merely “carewashing.”

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 15, 2024

Although cultural change generally requires human intervention, it appears that new technology — especially a new technology like generative AI that captures human imaginations — can play a role in catalyzing a data-oriented culture.

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