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Managing Company Culture Anthropologically

Leading Blog

On the one hand, most CEOs agree with with the statement attributed to Peter Drucker: culture eats strategy for breakfast. Typically, a large organization will administer a culture survey — a large inventory of questions that results in placing the “company culture” into one of several “culture types” or “culture orientations.”

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The Six-Question Process

Marshall Goldsmith

The Six-Question Process for coaching is an approach that I have seen work consistently well with executives. This process has produced measurable change in effectiveness (as evaluated by direct reports) with four CEOs that I have personally coached. The Six-Question Process. by Marshall Goldsmith.

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Leading For A Better Tomorrow

Tanveer Naseer

How can leaders best shape the future of their organizations? Peter Drucker, who was considered to be the “father of modern management,” did not mince words when he advised managers and leaders about the dangers of complacency and putting off the future. In short, it must be organized for constant change.

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3 Practices CEOs Can Learn from the Girl Scouts

Michael Lee Stallard

In 1976 she became CEO of the national organization, Girl Scouts of the USA. With membership falling, and the organization in a state of serious decline, Mrs. Hesselbein put sound management practices in place. It creates a marketplace of ideas so that people are more likely to spot new opportunities to improve the organization.

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The Senior Leader’s Checklist for Shaping Company Culture

Next Level Blog

There’s a reason the late, great Peter Drucker said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Your organization’s culture is the leading indicator of whether or not your strategy is going to be successful. The first is, “What are we trying to accomplish in this organization?” Culture needs constant attention.

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A Guide For How To Dream Big And Win In Business

Eric Jacobson

By possessing a disciplined set of principles and focusing on carefully developing her leadership skills throughout the process, she was able to achieve her goal of becoming #1 in the translation market that was already dominated by established competitors.

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What HR Has Learned From Marketing

The Horizons Tracker

Stage 1 – process improvement. In the first phase, they highlight how companies were focused on process improvement via approaches such as Six Sigma and Total Quality Management. The dot-com era has seen a similar array of tools being developed inside the organization to support the employee and enable them to thrive.

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