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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. Policies, Practices, and Behaviors (e.g. Results (Four Rs, innovation, growth, and profitability). Heskett uses his Culture Cycle model to prescribe the role of leadership. Expectations (e.g.

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How to Ignite and Sustain Organizational Growth

Skip Prichard

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. Approachability means not only having an open-door policy, but also demonstrating that it is more than lip service.

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