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Culture – The Secret To Helping Align Organizational Goals

Tanveer Naseer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Politicians have long learned that when someone makes up their mind to support a particular political party with its unique platform, it becomes almost impossible to change a party loyalist’s beliefs even when they are faced with disconfirming information. The more positive feedback people get, the more the behaviours get reinforced.

Goal

Goal Festinger Strategy Insurance

With New York Schools Appointment, Bloomberg Did it His Way

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Cathleen Black's appointment raises, first, the perennial question: Is leadership a highly contextual capability? According to Leon Festinger's theory of cognitive dissonance , people seek to avoid inconsistency, and one way of accomplish that is to adjust their attitudes to be consistent with their behaviors. How portable are leaders?

Tacit Knowledge

Tacit Knowledge Festinger Social Capital Education

Leadership Digital

Culture – The Secret To Helping Align Organizational Goals

With New York Schools Appointment, Bloomberg Did it His Way

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