The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

In a Working Knowledge post, Harvard Business School professor Emeritus, James Heskett, raises a vital question, Can We Train for Trust? How the leadership team functions — or dysfunctions — ripples out to shape organizational culture. Leadership team dynamics are central to the organization’s trust account balance.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Some companies “magically” have great cultures induced by heroic leaders and, thus, dominate their markets. Yes, we could, but if you need to change it is useful to make culture also operational and look at the daily (inter)actions. Culture has had a bad press.

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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. Companies with a healthy culture gain a positive reputation, not only among employees, but also with customers and the market.

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Tony Mayo

MARCH 10, 2010

After meeting with the customers, I brief the client executive team on what I have learned. Steps to Organizing a Customer Listening Session Be explicit about the corporate goals the listening session is meant to support, e.g., growth, margin, line expansion, service offerings, locations, market positioning, etc.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The article, written by a leading group of service management thinkers (Jim Heskett, Tom Jones, Gary Loveman, Earl Sasser, and Len Schlesinger) is a great example of both the power a management idea can have, and how much work is required for an idea to become reality. (If

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