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Quotes to Note on Purposeful Leadership

The Practical Leader

“First and foremost, purpose is about the strategic decisions and the operations of the firm. ” James Heskett, The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force that Transforms Performance. ” Sinek, Simon Sinek, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action. ” Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft.

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Expecting the Unexpected: Meet Unpredictability with Agility and Adaptability

The Practical Leader

Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett, poses a vital question in “Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?” They launch a series of programs bolted-on the side of operations rather than an integrated process of change and transformation. “there will never be another war in Europe,” “Social Media?

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How Healthy Is Your Organization’s Culture?

Tanveer Naseer

Yes, we could, but if you need to change it is useful to make culture also operational and look at the daily (inter)actions. So down-to-earth? Aren’t we supposed to formulate lofty core values, a vision and mission statement? Culture has had a bad press. No wonder that culture seems elusive, and not something you can get a grip on.

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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. Corporate leaders that operate with an ivory tower mentality are likely to find their tower tumbling down.

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The Tentacles of Our Ways – Why Change is So Hard

Management Craft

If due to resistance, lack of clarity, or operational challenges a trigger does not flip, then we may become stuck in the old way. These three categories correspond to the layers of organizational culture as defined by John Kotter and James Heskett in Corporate Culture and Performance.

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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. Here are especially vital findings and powerful observations about just what it takes to build a peak performance culture.

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Keeping Your People Engaged in Tough Times

Marshall Goldsmith

Heskett and W. These actions, coupled with incentives that elicit new ideas for improving operations can send important positive messages at a time of stress. Marshall: I hear this concern every where I travel these days. Who doesn't? Earl Sasser, Jr. I asked him for his perspective on this question.

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