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You Can’t Pizza Party Your Way to a Great Corporate Culture

Harmonious Workplaces

Carefully and appropriately choose your organizational development interventions. Subsequently, stacks of uneaten pizza remained on the break room table for hours — a stale reminder of a stale culture. The Misuse of Fun Perks Before we dive into the heart of improving culture, let’s clear something up.

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Change Readiness?—?Essential but Oft-Omitted

Harmonious Workplaces

During the month of October, I had the pleasure of learning Organizational Development (OD) and Change Leadership from The Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University. Flexible Organizational Culture: A culture that promotes openness to new ideas and approaches fundamentally fosters success.

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3 Steps to Cultivate an Innovation Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Culture is the one thing that impacts everything. An innovation culture supports beliefs and feelings about the importance of innovation, as well as habits that encourage research and development. Here are three proven steps that will move your company closer toward an innovation culture.

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Company Culture: Are You Tolerating Toxicity?

Organizational Talent Consulting

No leader strives to create a toxic culture. Leaders need to be concerned about toxic culture. Here are five signs of a toxic culture and two detoxing steps every leader can take. Why Leaders Need to be Concerned About a Toxic Culture. Company culture is the one thing that influences every aspect of a business.

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Undertaking Challenges in a Locked-down World

Tom Spencer

That may be an exaggeration, but cross-cultural exchange has been drastically lessened. To succeed in a global business environment, it is important for the next generation of young leaders to be savvy in the ways of cross-cultural communication. Gaining these skills is considerably harder during a pandemic. Final thoughts.

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Fight Ageism, Fuel Growth with Inclusive Hiring & Retention

Harmonious Workplaces

Furthermore, it poses significant challenges for older members of the workforce, particularly affecting their employment opportunities, job security, and professional development. Most older workers feel employers should do more to counteract ageism (AARP, 2021). References AARP. link] Becker, T. & & Fiske, S.T.

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Revitalize Your Vision for 2021

Makarios Consulting

Establishing a Vision Establishing a vision for your business is the first step in developing a solid strategy. Your Core Values define the culture you live every day. The post Revitalize Your Vision for 2021 appeared first on Makarios Consulting, LLC. They are the guiding principles around which you should build your team.

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