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When Values Clash: Overcome an Invisible Barrier to Great Corporate Culture

Let's Grow Leaders

The Invisible Barrier to Great Corporate Culture Our favorite definition of culture comes from marketing guru Seth Godin. And they feel the pressure to beat their competition and please their customer through a strong work ethic. Now, almost everyone can recite the values and define them. But the culture hasn’t changed.

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Culture Change Not Working? Start Here

Let's Grow Leaders

So getting back to culture, our favorite definition of culture, if you listen to the show for a while, you know, this comes from marketing guru Seth Godin, and he says that culture is simply people like us do things like this. What’s going on is that invisible barrier, that conflict. And those can clash.

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The Conference Board: Employee Engagement = Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

I like this definition. I like this definition. It is consistent with our research where we heard respondents consistently use the terms “connect&# or “feel connected&# to describe the emotions they experience in relation to their organization’s identity, the people they work with and their day-to-day work. .&#

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Maximize Employee Engagement, Alignment and Productivity

Michael Lee Stallard

Looking forward to it. I put the book on my Christmas list I hope that the webinar goes beyond the book or else I will take it off and put an Oregon Ducks jersey on my Christmas list instead :-p Posting your comment. why is everyone smiling? why is everyone smiling?

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Research: Employee Engagement = Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

This definition is consistent with our research at E Pluribus Partners where we frequently heard respondents use the terms “connect&# or “feel connected&# to describe the emotions they experience in relation to their organization’s identity, the people they work with and their day-to-day work. why is everyone smiling?

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Manager vs. ?

Lead on Purpose

Seth Godin covers this concept nicely in his book Tribes. If you’re not committed to your product (and I’ve known PM’s who weren’t) then you are definitely not an “owner&# by my definition. The leader focuses on moving towards a higher, more valuable goal. Michael Reply Justin T.

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Book Review: It's Not Just Who You Know

Lead on Purpose

While relationships seldom fit into a nice, tight definition, the “Five Floor&# plan provides definition and gives boundaries that define relationships: First Floor: We meet and greet. Spaulding describes relationships in terms of a five-floor building. The deeper the relationship, the higher the floor.

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