Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

James Heskett and John Kotter found that organizations with strong corporate cultures realized over eleven years revenue growth of 682 percent, employment growth of 282 percent and stock price growth of 901 percent. Corporate leaders that operate with an ivory tower mentality are likely to find their tower tumbling down.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Heskett wrote in his latest book The Culture Cycle , effective culture can account for 20-30 percent of the differential in corporate performance when compared with "culturally unremarkable" competitors. But is there a direct correlation between employee investment and the balance sheet?

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2012

I'm sure many supervisors at American would have issues with their colleague's innovative, if mildly deceptive, solution. It's hard to cite many businesses that make kindness the bedrock of their operating strategies. Consider the fact that kind acts don't generally add costs — unless you have employees giving away the store.

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