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Corporate Culture Achieving Higher Results Through Sustaining Employees' Focus on What To Do and How To Do It |
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By: Vadim Kotelnikov
Founder, Ten3 Business e-Coach – Inspiration and Innovation Unlimited!
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"Everybody talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it." – Mark Twain |
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What is Corporate Culture? Culture refers to an organization's values, beliefs, and behaviors. In general, it is concerned with beliefs and values on the basis of which people interpret experiences and behave, individually and in groups.
Cultural statements become operationalized when executives articulate and publish the values of their firm which provide patterns for how employees should behave. Firms with strong cultures achieve higher results because employees sustain focus both on what to do and how to do it... More 9 Signs of a Losing Organization
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Case in Point 25 Lessons from Jack Welch At General Electric (GE), corporate values are so important to the company, that Jack Welch, the former legendary CEO of the company, had them inscribed and distributed to all GE employees, at every level of the company. The sum is greater than its parts at GE as both business and people diversity is utilized in a most effective way. A major American enterprise with a diverse group of huge businesses, GE is steeped in a learning culture and it is this fact that makes GE a unique company. As Jack Welch puts it: "What sets GE apart is a culture that uses diversity as a limitless source of learning opportunities, a storehouse of ideas whose breadth and richness is unmatched in world business. At the heart of this culture is an understanding that an organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive business advantage." How To Succeed In InnovationGrowth Risk: "The more you measure and motivate based on innovation, the less likely you will have a truly innovative culture." – Stephen Shapiro... More
Do you want to encourage extraordinary performance from your people? Do you want them to do great things? If yes, then you must create an inspiring corporate culture to inspire and energize them... More Inspirational Leadership: 10 Roles
Creating a Culture for Innovation By: Soren Kaplan A common metaphor for culture is the iceberg. Icebergs float on top of the water and are visible to the eye, but beneath the surface they may extend hundreds of feet and can be significantly larger than what’s visible above water. As a metaphor for organizational culture, the part of the iceberg above the surface is the visible culture, including such things as the stated vision, mission and values, organizational charts, policies and procedures, and formal processes. As we look beneath the surface, however, we find clues as to “the way things are really done around here” – norms, unwritten rules, shared assumptions, taken for granted beliefs, process workarounds and so on. What’s above the surface isn’t always consistent with what’s below. It’s what’s beneath the surface that really supports or inhibits organizational culture and the ability to innovate... More The Seven Dimensions of Strategic Innovation The Strategic Innovation framework weaves together seven dimensions to produce a range of outcomes that drive growth. A company's Organizational Readiness may drive or inhibit its ability to act upon and implement new ideas and strategies, and to successfully manage operational, political, cultural and financial demands that will follow... More Kaizen, or continuous improvement, is an integral part of corporate culture. It requires continuous both conscious and sub-conscious thinking about improvements from everyone. Nurturing and effectively integrating Kaizen into corporate culture is not easy. It requires a sustained effort. But, as Toyota has demonstrated, it offers a more sustainable competitive advantage... More Transitioning Your Company To a Lean Enterprise: 13 Tips Cultural Intelligence
Cultural
intelligence (CQ) is your capability to grow personally through
continuous learning and good
understanding of diverse cultural heritage, Competitive Culture Based on The Art of War, Sun Tzu Competitive philosophy is described by Sun Tzu as "The Way" or "The Path." In business, it is called "corporate culture" or, as an focus, the "company mission." Your core as competitor is your competitive philosophy. A clear philosophy makes decision-making easier. Philosophy guides everything else you do in competition. Nothing is as important as having the right way of thinking. A competitor with a strong philosophy is a strong competitor. Understanding your competitor's philosophy allows you to predict them... More
Corporate Culture: Surface, Middle and Deepest Levels... Two Sources of a Corporate Culture... Adaptive Cultures... Growth Culture... Establishing a Relentless Growth Attitude... Team Culture... Cultural Intelligence... Managing Cultural Differences... Selected Culture Models and Their Limitations... Kaizen: Building a Continuous Improvement Culture... Building an Innovation-adept Culture... Communicating Culture... Six Golden Rules... Creative Leadership... Transformational Leadership... Letting the Best Idea Win... Lessons from Jack Welch: Put Values First... 8 Common Errors in Organizational Change Efforts... The 8 Stage Change Process... Changing To a Team Culture... Suggestion Systems... Freedom to Fail... The Fun Factor... Case in Point Dell Computer Corporation... Case in Point Toyota... Case in Point "The Circles of Silence"... Case in Point South-West Airlines... Case in Point SynerGetics... Case in Point Canon... Case in Point Uniliver... Case in Point "Golden Turkey" Award...
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