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

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The Invisible Barrier to Great Corporate Culture Our favorite definition of culture comes from marketing guru Seth Godin. Now, almost everyone can recite the values and define them. But the culture hasn’t changed. What’s going on? He says culture is simply “People like us, do things like this.”

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Culture Change Not Working? Start Here

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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.

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Manager vs. ?

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Seth Godin covers this concept nicely in his book Tribes. The owner makes sure his product meets market needs. Filed under: Leadership , Product Management / Marketing Tagged: | success , titles « Book Review: The Leader Who had no Title Embrace, then apply » Like Be the first to like this post.

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Book Review: It's Not Just Who You Know

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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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Book Review: Halftime

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Bob is definitely a religious man (Christian) and that comes out significantly throughout the book. In his book HALFTIME: Moving from Success to Significance , author Bob Buford explores three stages of life: The first half: On average, the first 40 years of your life. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer.

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Book Review: The Three Laws of Performance

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— The Product Management Perspective: Product managers spend much of their time looking toward the future; they speak “future-based language&# when discuss markets and write requirements. I’m glad to hear you will be reading this book, it’s definitely worth it. I’m really enjoying it!

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Book Review: Trust Agents

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I like the authors’ definition of trust: confidence and faith. Making connections and gaining people’s trust is the premise of the book Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust. .&# However, the way Brogan and Smith weave the obvious ideas together is genius.

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