Remove Culture Remove Development Remove Study
article thumbnail

Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Program with Real Impact

Harvard Business

The study recommends encouraging broad employee participation in CSR and fostering a culture that values CSR’s long-term business benefits. Conversely, companies that rely on standardized, inflexible CSR methods often fail to achieve their goals, demonstrated by a failed partnership due to local corruption in another mining company.

Study 242
article thumbnail

4 Ways to Create a Learning Culture on Your Team

Harvard Business

As a Bersin report pointed out: “The single biggest driver of business impact is the strength of an organization’s learning culture.” Here are four science-based recommendations to help you create a learning culture on your team or in your organization: Reward continuous learning. ” You and Your Team Series.

Culture 133
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

In Collaborative Work Cultures, Women Carry More of the Weight

Harvard Business

Relationship-heavy cultures are marked by inclusion, personal connection, and relationship-based decision making. First, studies have shown that women are more likely to care for the collective , which means they are more likely to step in when they see a gap or ambiguity. They tend to be friendly, warm places to work.

Culture 132
article thumbnail

Invest In Your People Now: The 6 Biggest Benefits of Leadership Development

Clarity Consultants

That’s where leadership development programs come in. That’s why we’re breaking down how leadership development consultants can help and some of the benefits of partnering with a consulting firm. That’s why we’re breaking down how leadership development consultants can help and some of the benefits of partnering with a consulting firm.

article thumbnail

How to Successfully Work Across Countries, Languages, and Cultures

Harvard Business

Rather than assuming we’ll work in one location, in our native culture, we will need new skills, attitudes, and behaviors that help us work across cultures. What’s more, the subsidiaries operated more or less autonomously, each with separate organizational cultures and norms. It consists of five key actions.

Culture 134
article thumbnail

One Reason Mergers Fail: The Two Cultures Aren’t Compatible

Harvard Business

The two companies may have seen value in capitalizing on each other’s strengths, but they failed to investigate their cultural compatibility beforehand. When tight and loose cultures merge, there is a good chance that they will clash. Tight company cultures value consistency and routine. Loose cultures are much more fluid.

Culture 132
article thumbnail

Building a Culture of Transparency in Health Care

Harvard Business

I believe it is impossible to have complete transparency with patients without first developing a strong culture of internal transparency — among all team members, at all levels, on all issues — throughout the health care organization itself. A culture of internal transparency does not come about overnight.

Culture 131