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The truth about culture is that the only way you can change it is by changing the way individuals work with one another. If you can change that, then you will find the culture has changed.

Content: Quotation | Author: Roger L. Martin | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

Without authenticity, curiosity, and risk-taking we get stuck in the mud — here’s how to make space for resilient progress.

Content: Article | Author: André Radmall | Source: Big Think | Subjects: Culture, Management, Organizational Behavior

At companies with top-performing cultures, there’s actually slightly more tension because they’re turning toward problems together. In bad cultures, a problem comes up, and people kind of turn away from it, right? In good cultures, they get super interested and turn toward it. They will have vibrant arguments about which idea is best because those arguments are taking place in the bounds of safe connection. … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Daniel Coyle | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

Organizations should naturally ensure that their culture emphasizes both diversity and inclusiveness so that all its members feel included and valued for who they are. This satisfies the needs for both distinctiveness and belonging, ultimately benefiting organizations through novel ideas. And the considerations of fairness and attention to employees’ engagement and well-being as they relate to authentic self-expression must be acknowledged.

Content: Quotation | Author: Natalia Karelaia | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Culture, Diversity, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

The key to changing the culture of an organization is not to tell people what to do, but to make it easy for them to ask the questions that make them consider their current behavior. Only by making room for their colleagues, employees, and other stakeholders to ask their own questions and activate their own experience and insights can leaders ensure that people’s buy-in to … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Pia Lauritzen | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

Experts outline their roadmap for intentionally changing the culture of businesses, social networks, and beyond.

Content: Article | Authors: Alissa Greenberg, Hazel Rose Markus, Jennifer Eberhardt, MarYam Hamedani | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

Culture is the set of words, actions, and behaviors of a group of people.

Content: Quotation | Author: Jess Yuen | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

Founders, here’s a good litmus test for your company values: If you took 6 months off, and left no directions other than “Follow our values to a T,” would you be happy with the outcome?

Content: Quotation | Author: Laura Del Beccaro | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Culture, Management, Organizational Behavior, Values

This first [culture] pillar is about communication within teams, between teams, and between individuals — essentially how we treat each other when we interact. The frequency with which we talk, the way we talk to each other, the tone we use, how we communicate good or bad news, whether we communicate certain things at all, and the channels we choose to use — those are … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Laura Del Beccaro | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

Culture is commonly overlooked, particularly at early-stage companies. It’s easy to think, “We’re only five people, our culture is who we hire, we don’t need to define anything until we’re bigger.” “Hire amazing people” could mean talented or kind or ambitious — which are you optimizing for? Startups are often allergic to process, but a hiring process exists whether you define it or not. It’s … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Laura Del Beccaro | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

For folks looking to get started [creating a culture code] [begin] with this prompt: Who are the kinds of people that we think we want to work with? These can’t be platitudes that everyone would say yes to. Like, we want to hire smart people. Intelligence can’t be a core cultural value because no one would say they want to hire stupid people. You have … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Dharmesh Shah | Source: First Round Review | Subjects: Culture, Hiring, Human Resources, Organizational Behavior

Culture is how a group does the things it does. It changes because people start doing things differently or start doing different things. The causality doesn’t go the other way.

So, in a company, you first need to change how the company is organized, managed, and led in light of its strategic goals. The goals themselves may need to change. A new culture then emerges as … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Michael Beer | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

This article presents some practical guidelines for executives seeking to design a high-impact innovation culture. It also outlines four areas of focus that offer a clear path for change, drawing on examples from leading innovators.

Content: Article | Authors: David Blanchard, Deborah Lovich, Hannah Lu Schmitt, Johann D. Harnoss, Justin Manly, Robert Werner | Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Subjects: Culture, Innovation, Organizational Behavior

There’s no ideal personality type for executives — but businesses need the right one for success.

Content: Article | Authors: Audrey Kim, Charles O’Reilly, Donald Sull, Xubo Cao | Source: Stanford University | Subjects: Corporate Governance, Culture, Organizational Behavior

One useful way to think about the relationship between culture and strategy is that an effective culture can provide a competitive advantage for a very long time, often much longer than any strategy. This is a particular advantage in a world in which some claim that strategy today confers only short-term competitive advantage.

Content: Quotation | Author: James L. Heskett | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior, Strategy

A company’s culture is frequently at the heart of mismanaged planning, with management often rewarding the wrong behavior. Because financial incentives are still frequently tied to the achievement of short-term plans, employees can feel pressured to negotiate financial goals and to sandbag. Consequently, planning begins to feel like a bazaar instead of the organized, top-down process it should be. Employees may be motivated to reach … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Alexander Roos, Fabrice Roghé, James Tucker, Marc Rodt, Sebastian Stange | Source: Boston Consulting Group (BCG) | Subjects: Culture, Management, Organizational Behavior

Too often, leaders […] create a laundry list of the traits and characteristics they aspire to see in their company, and then try to retrofit how people work to fit those goals. But that isn’t how people behave, nor is it how cultures evolve. Some elements in a culture will support a specific strategic play, and others will undermine it.

Content: Quotation | Authors: Carolin Oelschlegel, DeAnne Aguirre, Varya Davidson | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

Here’s how to balance psychological safety and intellectual honesty for better team performance.

Content: Article | Author: Nathan Furr | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Culture, Innovation, Organizational Behavior

A big culture–strategy disconnect can be catastrophic. Only a formal assessment based on objective data can tell you if your organization is ready to transform.

Content: Article | Authors: Alice Zhou, Christopher Hannegan, Mara Kelly | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior

Rightfully celebrated, authenticity in the workplace may have some limitations.

Content: Article | Author: Natalia Karelaia | Source: INSEAD Knowledge | Subjects: Culture, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior, Teamwork