Managing the Evolution of Your Start-Up’s Corporate Culture

In many ways, culture is a shared set of “BRAVE” preferences. People joining a start up need to buy in to the founders’ preferences. Of course, culture evolves – but…

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Does Your Organization Need an Attitude Change?
Does Your Organization Need an Attitude Change?

An attitude adjustment is often the pivot point for changing an organization’s behaviors and relationships in order to survive and thrive in a rapidly changing industry. Here are the core…

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Mergers and Acquisitions Are Not Strategies. They Are Tactics.
Mergers and Acquisitions Are Not Strategies. They Are Tactics.

The critical point is to leverage mergers and acquisitions as tools to accelerate strategic shifts, not as answers on their own.

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Steelcase CEO on How Office Layout Impacts Corporate Culture
Steelcase CEO on How Office Layout Impacts Corporate Culture

Your office environment is not just the context for what you do, it’s an important choice itself. There is no one best environment for all organizations. Instead, plan and put…

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To Be One of the “Best Places to Work,” Build a BRAVE Culture
To Be One of the “Best Places to Work,” Build a BRAVE Culture

In February, St. Joseph Hospital was named one of the “Best Places to Work in Indiana” for the sixth consecutive year. Hospital President Kathy Young firmly believes that it is St. Joseph’s “corporate culture…

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Want Cultural Change to Stick? Change The Way You Operate
Want Cultural Change to Stick? Change The Way You Operate

You can start a cultural change with organizational changes or strategic changes.  But until the operations change, nothing will stick.  This is often the most difficult part of the change…

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BRAVE Framework for Thinking About Culture
BRAVE Framework for Thinking About Culture

Organizational Culture: So Important - So Misunderstood We created some new frameworks for the 3rd edition of our book The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan, and then made them a…

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