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Thoughts that Make You Go Hmmm on…. Leading Culture Change

The Practical Leader

These are drawn from Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett’s new book, The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force That Transforms Performance : “Culture really matters. Cultures form with or without leadership, structure, or clear intent. All it requires is the time of leaders. Many have more than one.

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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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