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Mergers & Acquisitions: The Importance of Creating a Shared Culture

Organizational Talent Consulting

Culture is acutely critical during notable changes, such as M&As, which offer an opportunity for a renewed start on culture. When two organizations combine through mergers and acquisitions for economic reasons, it is doubtful that the two cultures will remain precisely the same.

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Want a Data-Driven Organization? Start with Your Talent Strategy

Organizational Talent Consulting

Talent Strategy Step #1: Identify the right analytical skill sets After establishing your data-analytics strategy that is tightly aligned with the mission and culture of the ogranization you need to determine the roles and the knowledge, skills and abilities of the talent most critical to meeting the needs.

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Consultants and Candidates: No Free Work. Ask for Reasonable Compensation

Johanna Rothman

Yes, ask the cultural fit questions before you ask the technical skills questions. See Flow Metrics and Why They Matter.) You don't need a lot of auditions or tests, and you're definitely not wasting a candidate's time. They want to know if the work is something they want to do, and if the company culture is a good fit for them.

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Different Strategies and Cultures – Coke vs. Pepsi

LSA Global

Different Strategies and Cultures Matter. Our organizational alignment research found that the combination of different strategies and cultures at work accounts for 71% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of revenue growth, profitability, customer loyalty, and employee engagement. The Bottom Line.

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“How Work Gets Done” Is Your Corporate Culture

LSA Global

In some “win-at-all cost” cultures like Oracle or those climbing Mt. Does your workplace culture emphasize the “what” over the “how”? The Right Cultural Balance. You will know that you have struck the right balance when your culture helps and does not hinder your people and business strategies. It’s certainly tempting.

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Strong Corporate Culture: A Foundation for Accelerating Performance

LSA Global

A strong corporate culture may indeed be difficult to change but, if you want to boost business and people performance, it may be just what you need to do. Corporate culture has been misconstrued recently to mean everything from being a “happy” or “fun” work environment to a great place to work. A Strong Corporate Culture Defined.

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Organizational Change Needs Cultural Alignment to Succeed

LSA Global

Organizational Change Needs Cultural Alignment to Succeed. The Definition of Corporate Culture. We define corporate culture as the way work truly gets done on a day-to-day basis. Change Must Go Through People and Culture to Succeed. Change and Culture. > Assess Your Current Culture.

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