Leading Blog

JANUARY 1, 2022

Win from Within : Build Organizational Culture for Competitive Advantage by James Heskett. They are discouraged by misguided beliefs that an executive’s tenure and an organization’s attention span are too short for meaningful transformation. James Heskett provides a roadmap for achievable and fast-paced culture change.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

Yet, without the right culture, organizations cannot succeed short term, nor can they endure. 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. Culture Spark.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett, poses the right question in his blog Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions? He ends with, “given our inability to predict, should managers bother to base plans on predictions?” See New Year’s Prediction Alert: It’s Silly Season Again!

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Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Heskett and W. Here's his take: Joe: Managers across the country are facing tough decisions as they try to manage their cost base against diminishing demand. Set aside time regularly to provide your employee-owners with information that will help them understand their short-term job prospects. Earl Sasser, Jr.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

In his book The Culture Cycle , James Heskett defines culture in a simple way: “It’s often explained as being ‘the way we do things around here’ – what goes and what doesn’t.” Do not try to be someone you are not for a short-term gain (e.g., Leaders must live the story they tell.

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