Collaboration, Teamwork and Cooperation

People like to be valued and appreciated, and involved in decisions that affect them. Involvement, teamwork and collaboration are basic human desires. To get them, invite them. Here are two examples. The first is a manager, deep within the organization, who created a...

Quickly Build An Effective Work Team

  When a new work team is formed, members look to the leader for guidance. If the leader provides too much direction, the group will become passive, frustrated, and eventually disband. With too little direction, the group will flounder like an infant, becoming...

Some Company Culture Truths

There is no event in a vacuum. To understand what happens, look at the situation. What people do reflects the culture. Culture is established by its leaders. What people do is information about the leaders. Because the company’s culture determines productivity...

Promotions and Transfers

Use this process to pick the best candidate, satisfy everyone involved, and develop the culture. This is a variation of the process described in 327. Imagine that you are filling a vacant position by making either a lateral transfer or a promotion. You have advertised...

Can You Change Your Company’s Culture Yourself?

  You know you need to change your company culture. You know some ways you could begin, e.g. choosing one or two items from the list of 25 Actions, beginning the Interviews or diving off the deep end by starting down the full culture change path. But you’ve never...