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Using “Digital Academies” to Close the Skills Gap

Harvard Business

These initiatives are specific to the company’s culture and narrative, are highly experiential and considerate of organizational team dynamics, and reach across the enterprise. “Digital academies” are among the most successful approaches to closing the digital skills gap.

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How Starbucks’s Culture Brings Its Strategy to Life

Harvard Business

In most organizations, culture and strategy tend to be discussed in separate conversations. Executives know that culture is important and that a negative culture can hurt company performance, but they often don’t know what to do about it. But cultures are complicated, with hundreds of disparate elements.

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Building Rapport Across Cultures

Harvard Business

In these places, I often find myself back at square one, trying to decipher what it takes to successfully work across cultures. I decided to sit down and think about what had worked so well for me in Latin America, and figure out if I could turn it into a generalizable principle that would help me in other cultures. Pamela Hinds.

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Does a High-Performance Culture Make a Difference?

Effective Managers

The culture in your organization matters. The concept of organization culture is popular right now. ASs a result, many owners are thinking about a high-performance culture, and how to go about it. First, let’s see what it really is: What Is a High-Performance Culture? Some believe it would make a difference; some do not.

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Changing Company Culture Requires a Movement, Not a Mandate

Harvard Business

Culture is like the wind. For organizations seeking to become more adaptive and innovative, culture change is often the most challenging part of the transformation. But culture change can’t be achieved through top-down mandate. Practices for Leading a Cultural Movement.

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Adapting Your Organizational Processes to a New Culture

Harvard Business

We all know that in a foreign culture, one of the most important skills to develop is the ability to translate, to learn to speak the new language — or at least master a few key phrases. You also need to learn to translate your behavior so you don’t end up making cultural faux pas. Do a cultural inventory.

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How the Best Leadership Teams Navigate Uncertain Times

Harvard Business

Based on his conversations with more than 100 clients across industries, PWC U.S.