When Competition Is Destructive

  Internal competition often works against a good culture, against open communication, against success. No senior manager deliberately wants to close down communications, but competition in a leadership team can stifle openness throughout the company. Most...

Studies and Reports Will Not Develop a Company Culture

  Culture is not a problem to be analyzed. Studies might actually make things worse. You develop your company’s culture by doing things together. It’s the only way. Developing a culture, or merging cultures, is not like solving an operational problem,...

Evolution and Company Culture

  Company cultures do not develop with the familiar analyze-plan-direct process used for operational issues. Cultures develop with an evolutionary process, .i.e. in response to the environment, to opportunities — never against resistance. You might induce a work...

The Structure of Culture, The Five Levels

  You don’t need to know the structure of your brain or personality to change your attitude and behavior. Similarly, you don’t need to know the structure of your company culture in order to change it. However for those managers who’d like to...

Balance the Two Halves of Culture

  Company cultures have two halves, the Human and the Operations. The key to building a more engaged and productive workplace is balancing these — balancing what we do with how we do it. The human, or top-half of culture, includes feelings, communications, and...