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Why you need a faster, more nimble culture

Jeffrey Phillips

But you'll need to focus on at least one other major change barrier, and that's your corporate culture. For decades, we've nurtured a careful, risk adverse, wait and see culture in most businesses, which is reinforced by compensation models, personnel recruitment and promotion, little tolerance for risk and uncertainty. Need proof?

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Mastering the Art: Using Organizational Culture for Business Agility and Resilience

Leapfrogging

The Power of Organizational Culture Organizational culture is the bedrock upon which companies build their strategies and operational approaches. Recognizing the profound effect of culture on every aspect of your organization is the first step toward leveraging it for business success.

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Who is minding the change and culture store?

Jeffrey Phillips

In the more recent blog, I wrote about what I consider the most difficult thing to change in an organization - its culture. This is why understanding how organizational culture works, and how to encourage it to change, is so important. Changing culture takes emphasis, time and commitment.

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How to Develop a Culture That Puts Employees First

Business and Tech

Amid the competitive war for talent and labor shortages, now is the time for employers to step up and ensure their culture is one that focuses on employees’ experience in the world of work. Of course, that is much easier said than done. The post How to Develop a Culture That Puts Employees First appeared first on Business and Tech.

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Cultivating Success: Exploring the Link Between Organizational Culture and Business Performance

Leapfrogging

Unpacking Organizational Culture Defining Organizational Culture Organizational culture embodies the collective values, beliefs, and principles of organizational members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, strategy, type of employees, management style, and national culture.

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Cultural Differences and Innovation

Viima

The effects of cultural differences for innovation are an interesting and extremely multifaceted topic. For most of us, it probably goes without saying that cross-cultural and multicultural capabilities are crucial in today’s globalized and hyperconnected world, and innovation is no exception.

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Culture Assessment Tools That Help Guide Transformation

Kainexus

Today, organizational culture is a top concern for many business leaders. This is because they have realized that to sustain growth and remain competitive, a culture in line with the strategic objectives is necessary. Team members may be able to talk about how they experience the culture.

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