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The Senior Leader’s Checklist for Shaping Company Culture

Next Level Blog

In over thirty years of either working for senior executives, being a senior executive, or coaching senior executives, I’ve come to a few conclusions. Back in my own days as an executive, I was hugely influenced by a book called The Discipline of Market Leaders. You couldn’t have two or three, you had to pick one.

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Culture change from a focus on how people interact

Mike Cardus

What makes culture change in your company or team difficult? When I talk about culture change within a workplace the best thinker to reference is Edgar Schein : “Schein’s model of organizational culture originated in the 1980s. Also, you are a part of your environment, workplace, along with your coworkers.

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Use how each person and the team responds as a chance to make the learning even easier :: Resistance to Change

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. Use how each person and the team responds as a chance to make the learning even easier. Once the team and I found what works we kept doing more of that. Use how each person and the team responds as a chance to make the learning even easier. Photo Credit. Making the learning easier will be speed up change.

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Resistance to Change. Fear of Punishment for Incompetence

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. Corporate Team Building Innovation Leadership Leadership Coaching Management Manager Training Organization Development Problem Solving Team Building Team Training change create-learning team building and leadership Edgar Schein executive coaching leading change michael cardus planning change resistance to change'

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Instead of Making People More Anxious. Make the Learning Easier :: Resistance to Change

Mike Cardus

Edgar Schein. Use how each person and the team responds as a chance to make the learning even easier. Once the team and I found what works we kept doing more of that. Instead of viewing the resistance as an issue it gave me a chance to see how each person and the team as a whole cooperates. Photo Credit.

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Ask, Learn, Follow Up and Grow

Marshall Goldsmith

” The traditional hierarchical model of leadership will not work effectively for major organizations in tomorrow’s changing world. Next, if the person was skilled and/or lucky, more promotions followed until he or she eventually became an executive who could tell lots of people what to do. The world is changing too rapidly.

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If Humility Is So Important, Why Are Leaders So Arrogant?

Harvard Business Review

” The article reported that humble leaders “inspire close teamwork, rapid learning and high performance in their teams.” Edgar Schein, professor emeritus at MIT Sloan School of Management, and an expert on leadership and culture , once asked a group of his students what it means to be promoted to the rank of manager.

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