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From Clashes to Collaboration – 7 Steps to a Thriving Team Culture After a Corporate Merger

Great Results Team Building

7 Steps to Successfully Cultivate a Thriving Team Culture After a Corporate Merger 1. Establish a new list of 4-5 Core Team Values … and defining behaviors. Of course, building a healthy and high-performing workplace culture integration is an ongoing process, not a one-time event. Remember, granularity is key.

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Advancing Gender Diversity in Boardrooms: Success Strategies

N2Growth Blog

For example, a report by McKinsey & Company found that companies with diverse executive boards outperform their peers in profitability, generating approximately 10% higher return on equity. Improved Decision-Making: Gender diversity in boards and leadership teams leads to more effective decision-making processes.

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Speak Your Truth So That Others Can Hear It

Leading Blog

The other choice is to learn to speak our truth effectively, in a way that doesn’t contribute to fear and dysfunction on a team. When this happens, I interpret this as meaning that our team isn’t working very efficiently. In terms of concerns, you may be concerned that the team is throwing good money after bad.

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First Look: Leadership Books for June 2023

Leading Blog

With uncertainty swirling around every corner in the world today, team members are reevaluating their workplaces and walking out as they look past hollow promises and perks that are a mere temporary bandage. And your journey to a magnetic culture starts by recognizing that good culture simply isn't enough to drive top performance.

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What Leaders Can Learn from the Most Efficient Exit Interview Ever

Next Level Blog

For instance, a recently published study by McKinsey shows that the top three reasons why employees leave is they don’t feel valued by their organization, they don’t feel valued by their manager and they don’t feel a sense of belonging. The exhaustion and burnout have an impact on everyone – executives, managers and team members alike.

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How to Build a Team of Innovators

Great Leadership By Dan

The standard solution is to create teams that focus explicitly on innovation. Most of these teams struggle to innovate, often delivering incremental improvements at best. Simply telling a team to focus on innovation won’t suffice. You need to thoughtfully select people with the right mindset for the team. The problem?

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Are You Ready for Recovery?

Leading Blog

A S a McKinsey & Company article stated in late March 2020: “What leaders need during a crisis is not a predefined response plan but behaviors and mindsets that will prevent them from overreacting to yesterday’s developments and help them look ahead.”. Such a leader will appreciate the level of thinking from empowered teams of experts.

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