February 27, 2015

What Makes a Great Place to Work [Case Studies from Tully’s and The Bon Marche]

What Makes a Great Place to Work Here are two examples of defining documents, designed to communicate to employees what a great place to work looks […]
February 24, 2015

10 Cultural Practice #10: Not Hiring the Right People

In most of my articles and posts I describe how to execute practices that help build a collaborative organizational culture. I have been posting two Cultural […]
February 24, 2015

10 Cultural Practices #9: Having an Answer without Clear Understanding of the Problem

HAVING AN ANSWER WITHOUT A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROBLEM With interactions in collaborative cultures, the effort is to let individuals “weigh in” and give opinions […]
February 19, 2015

10 Cultural Practices #8: Not Making Quality Decisions

NOT MAKING QUALITY DECISIONS Organizations have to make decisions, and in today’s world of Mega-Data, the preferred conversation revolves around “What does the data tell us?” […]
February 11, 2015

10 Cultural Practices #6: Not Focusing on Communication

In most of my articles and posts I describe how to execute practices that help build a collaborative organizational culture. I am posting two Cultural Practices […]
February 10, 2015

10 Cultural Practices #5: Fixing Problems not Driving Strengths

THE FOCUS ON FIXING PROBLEMS NOT DRIVING STRENGTHS Organizations /people have a predisposed focus on fixing an organizational problem. Everyone likes to talk about what we […]
February 9, 2015

10 Cultural Practices #7: Not Understanding Generational Differences

NOT UNDERSTANDING GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES – ATTITUDES AND MOTIVATIONS For the first time in human history, there are 3 generations working together: The Baby Boomers, The Generation […]
February 5, 2015

10 Cultural Practices #4: Employee Reward Programs

REWARD PROGRAMS THAT REWARD THE WRONG THINGS Baby Boomers love competition, so most organizations being managed by Boomers have competitions. This kind of incentivizing may have […]
February 3, 2015

10 Cultural Practices # 3: Not Dealing with Conflict

In most of my articles and posts I describe how to execute practices that help build a collaborative organizational culture.  I am posting two Cultural Practices […]
January 25, 2015

Introducing the 10 Cultural Practices That Will Cost you Time, Money, and Talent

In most of my articles and posts I describe how to execute practices that help build a collaborative organizational culture. For the next 5 weeks I […]
March 27, 2015

DEFINING A CORPORATE CULTURE

DEFINING A CORPORATE CULTURE Creating sustainable, high-performance, working cultures in today’s business environment is a primary focus of all major corporations.  With a highly-competitive marketplace, adjusting […]
March 26, 2015

Leadership and Values

LEADERSHIP & VALUES The successful manager in today’s climate needs a number of tools in order to stay a key player in the traditional organization, as […]
March 25, 2015

Developing Loyality Requires a Culture Built on Feedback

Developing  Loyalty Requires a Culture Built on Continuous Feedback. The world has changed and this statement rings true. The question is, how do you Do a […]
March 24, 2015

What Successful Management Looks Like

What Successful Management Looks Like It seems that for the last few decades in the business world, the focus has been to limit the human factor, […]