Attention Aspiring Entrepreneurs!
4 critical lessons for you
Profile Of A Successful Culture Change Leader
Do you have the 3 Cs?
Culture Glue
And it’s really sticky!
Aligning Leadership With Your Brand Values
Five steps to help you
Attention Aspiring Entrepreneurs!
4 critical lessons for you
Profile Of A Successful Culture Change Leader
Do you have the 3 Cs?
Culture Glue
And it’s really sticky!
Aligning Leadership With Your Brand Values
Five steps to help you
The NASSCOM HR Summit, organized by NASSCOM, a not-for-profit industry association, took place on the 20th and 21st of July 2017 at the ITC Grand Chola in Chennai, India. The conference witnessed the participation of top industry experts who delivered thought-provoking keynotes on the transformation of organizational culture, roundtable discussions with HR experts, and key discussions focussed on relevant market insights on how to prepare your organization for the future.
“Leveraging the unique skill sets of our employees and allowing them to bring their ‘whole self’ to a volunteer experience has proven to be a win–win for all. Employees are proactively seeking mentoring opportunities while mentees are benefiting from our community outreach. Patty is spot on that providing a Project Based Mentoring experience is the way to go.” —Susan Warner, Vice President of Worldwide Communications, MasterCard
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Nobody is sure where this maxim originated, but who cares? We agree with it. Culture is an organization’s shared values and beliefs, including the full range of behaviors that are expected, valued, rewarded, punished, tolerated or ignored. Culture is not static. It is constantly evolving.
Organizations will embark upon large-scale change efforts numerous times throughout their lifespans. The degree to which these efforts are successful will vary, largely because of two common barriers to implementation—loss of focus and momentum, and resistance to change.
In the mid-1990s, I remember riding in Disney’s “It’s a small world” boat ride. Although it has been a few years since then, I still hear the song in my head: “It’s a small world after all…It’s a small, small world.” You, reading these lines, probably hear it too! On that very first time, I did not think of the world as small but as immense. Since then, I’ve traveled the world and had the privilege of seeing some of those attractions, the real ones.
No one said company culture change would be easy. In fact, sustained culture change can be one of the most difficult things to affect in an organization. We hear from everyone–friends, family, even campy inspirational pictures–about how “change is good.” While there’s certainly truth to that sentiment, most people prefer their resting state.
Captured on camera — a passenger being dragged off a plane goes viral instantly, and an international brand-tarnishing moment is made. As a leader such a scenario is a shining opportunity for a CEO, business owner or senior executive to seize control of the situation, and turn it around.