The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2011

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. Setting Expectations.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Organizations can and must define the culture they desire and intentionally execute a well-thought out road map to shape their future. It’s tempting to think that because a company is known for its great culture you can simply hire one of its senior executives to bring that secret sauce with them.

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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. In a world where competition for talent is global, star performers seek companies with values that mirror their own.

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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. He's a prosperous senior executive, so he likely looked like an influencer among customers American would like to attract. Crisis averted. But, no matter how you look at it, it was an act of genuine kindness.

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