Tag: Culture
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Organizational Culture Change Manifesto
Recently I surveyed you guys on what you wanted to learn about organizational culture. Change was the highest response on the survey, so today I’m happy to present the Organizational Culture Change Manifesto. It’s a free guide that covers some of my perspectives on changing the culture at work. This is not exhaustive and I am…
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Culture at work-what do you want to know?
This weekend I started on a new guide (read through to the end to find out how you can get a free copy!). The focus is culture at work, and I am looking for ideas to make sure it’s as valuable as possible to the people who will read it. I already have some amazing…
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Culture: commonality and exclusivity
The other day my friend Daniel Crosby pointed me to a company called Clearlink. I checked out their culture study at his urging, and it gave me some great ideas to pursue. Not that it’s scientific or the source of a deep revelation; it’s just one more piece of their culture that can be use…
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The What vs. The How
I covered the concept of the “what” and the “how” of work long ago in my review of The Pursuit of Something Better. In the book, U.S. Cellular is going through a dramatic culture change, and a large aspect of that is the shifting mindset from focusing on the “what” to focusing on the “how.”…
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3 HR and Recruiting Tools I’ve Used Lately
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been bombarded at work lately (hence the low number of posts!). Some of that busyness is driven by projects I’m working on (recruiting, baby!). Other parts of it are self-imposed, because once I have an idea I have a hard time letting it go. The good part for you,…
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You’ll get your chance to shine
Check out the video below for some really neat insights into the culture where I work and how we value hiring team players over “A” players. The highlights: No showoffs Delayed gratification Everyone gets a chance to shine
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Define corporate culture for candidates to make better hires
Define corporate culture… is part one of a series on culture. It’s one of the reasons I love where I work (and we have almost 100% retention over the life of the company). I’m hoping to shed some light on my philosophies when it comes to culture and its role in the workplace. One of…