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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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Servant Leadership: Principles, Popularity, and Payoff

Rick Conlow

This type of leadership creates a culture of trust, respect, and open communication within the organization. 10 Cultural Principles of Servant Leadership Embrace the ten key principles of servant leadership. Servant leaders prioritize the team, creating a culture of trust and respect that leads to increased employee engagement.

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Why CEOs Can’t Dance Redux

Rick Conlow

Yet, their work cultures produce 85% disengaged employees. Consider GM as a case study. According to management studies, a key reason leaders derail is that they do not communicate well. A global IBM study found that 33% of CEOs had engineering degrees and another 15% had finance degrees. CEOs do not communicate well.

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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.) They want to know if the work is something they want to do, and if the company culture is a good fit for them. Mark Kilby and I developed a self-study Remote Interviewing workshop you might like.

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We Can’t Study Short-Termism Without the Right Metrics

Harvard Business

Corporate culture. I have worked on research that has found that a strong company culture is associated with lower levels of myopic decision making, better productivity, and innovation. Evidence of a negative culture would be a strong indicator of a short-term company. Compensation structure.

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7 Data-Driven Characteristics of Teams that make Better Decisions

Organizational Talent Consulting

But studies reveal that more than half of us rely on intuition to make significant personal and professional decisions. While most companies are investing significantly in building analytics capability, the benefits can't be fully realized until the company culture supports data-driven decision-making. Upadhyay & Kumar.

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CSR: Collaborating with NPOs for Positive Social Impact

Tom Spencer

According to a Harvard study , around 90% of companies on the S&P 500 published a CSR report in 2019, compared to just 20% in 2011. For instance, another Harvard study found that companies with strong CSR initiatives outperform their peers in the long run.