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First Look: Leadership Books for January 2022

Leading Blog

Win from Within : Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage by James Heskett. James Heskett provides a roadmap for achievable and fast-paced culture change. We the Leader : Build a Team of Equals Who All Lead AND Follow to Drive Creativity and Innovation by Jeffrey Spahn.

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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. With regular communication, you have an intimate pulse of your team and the issues at hand.

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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. But is there a direct correlation between employee investment and the balance sheet?

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