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A Trust Cause: Leadership Stimulates or Stifles Trust and Engagement

The Practical Leader

Recently I was asked if I could deliver an online workshop for executive team leaders to “relearn/develop trust and empowerment in his/her team members when the team members feel they are not getting the trust or empowerment from their leader to do their jobs. ” Especially true for his company. .”

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Book Review of “The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force that Transforms Performance”

The Practical Leader

John Kotter and James Heskett’s classic book, Corporate Culture and Performance , is an organization development classic. The book’s main framework is a circular diagram following these steps: Mission, Shared Assumptions, and Values <–> Alignment with Strategies and Methods of Execution. Expectations (e.g.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

With the ever-changing dynamics of the workforce, the stewardship of organizational culture is just as important as strategy, talent, product development, or customer service. Organizations can and must define the culture they desire and intentionally execute a well-thought out road map to shape their future. 6 Culture Myths.

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Links for Digging Deeper Into “Leading a Peak Performance Culture”

The Practical Leader

You might want to view (or review) the session on your own or share it with your management team and/or improvement professionals concerned with leadership and culture development. The webcast was built around the core models, frameworks, and approaches we use to help Clients with leadership and culture development.

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What Great Companies Know About Culture

Harvard Business Review

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. They recognize that culture is critical to talent retention.

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