Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2022

Win from Within : Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage by James Heskett. James Heskett provides a roadmap for achievable and fast-paced culture change. Smart Growth : How to Grow Your People to Grow Your Company by Whitney Johnson. Be sure to check out the other great titles being offered this month.

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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. Why is creating a performance-enhancing culture critically important? Simply put, culture drives performance.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2011

John Kotter and James Heskett’s classic book, Corporate Culture and Performance , is an organization development classic. Results (Four Rs, innovation, growth, and profitability). Although it provides a framework, it’s not a how-to book. Heskett uses his Culture Cycle model to prescribe the role of leadership.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2012

Heskett describes how an effective culture can account for up to half of the differential in performance between organizations in the same business. Heskett discusses how to calculate the economic value of culture through the "Four Rs" of referrals, retention, returns to labor, and relationships with customers.

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