http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change …stories of personal and organizational adaptation Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:27:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In my last post I wrote about a public figure openly acknowledging a flaw in their thinking and how that capability is a powerful tool for leaders to model and reward in a time of change.  It allows for people to move forward quickly past paralysis and blaming to new ways ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2008/11/19/organizational-cultures-where-it-is-hard-to-learn-from-mistakes/ Admitting to a mistake is never easy.  And as a leader, it is both an important capability as well as an action that needs to be done thoughtfully.  In late October, when I read in the papers about former Federal Reserve Chairman, Allan Greenspan admitting to a fundamental flaw in ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2008/11/11/leaders-admitting-to-their-mistakes/ Economic instability is still with us.  And, we keep hearing it is going to take awhile to work ourselves out of this financial crisis of the new global age.  Consequently, patience and building for the future are tactics driving my actions these days.  In the last three posts, I wrote ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2008/10/24/how-to-re-direct-organizational-cultures/ In my last few posts, the theme has been identifying organizational culture characteristics that help to explain why some companies make it through hard economic times and others do not.  Companies who compete in a cyclical industry are a gold mine of culture best practices as their organizational DNA is ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2008/10/16/organizational-cultures-with-resilience/ In this time of deep economic turmoil, I am thinking about what kinds of culture characteristics allows one company to survive while others go bankrupt?  Last week, I wrote about one survival characteristic - commitment to a long-term vision.  This characteristic guides leaders to balance short-term business decisions against how ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2008/10/06/organizational-cultures-that-survive/ Like many of us these days, I woke up this morning craving some positive news in the midst of our current economic instability.  Just as I was sitting down to write, our UPS delivery arrived for the day.  The driver is always friendly and at the same time efficient – ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2008/09/29/organizational-cultures-that-manage-for-the-long-term/ The emergence of Republican Vice-Presidential candidate, Sarah Palin is making us think deeply about which kind of background and training will serve us best in the next leader of our country.  Ms Palin’s background as a mayor and the governor in Alaska seems to be of interest to many people ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2008/09/22/rugged-individualism-and-%e2%80%9cself-starter%e2%80%9d-organizational-cultures/ I met up with a friend recently, and in five minutes, he brought me up to date on his job at a residential real estate company.  He started by saying - "we hired a new managing broker from outside the company; she is putting in an electronic marketing system and ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2008/09/15/sales-cultures-and-the-interesting-way-relationships-play-out/ How are family-owned companies different from publicly-owned companies?  The major difference we have seen centers on the kind of relationships created over time between employees, company leaders and the organization.  Depending upon the values of the founding family and the success of the business, these relationships many times build a ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2008/09/08/family-owned-companies-are-different/ I recently finished two posts about the cultural drivers of the presidential campaign staffs of Mr. Barack Obama and Mrs. Hillary Clinton, so for curiosity sake I was on the look out for research regarding the inner workings of Mr. John McCain’s campaign staff.  I found it in another article ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2008/09/01/professional-training-and-the-culture-of-presidential-campaign-staffs/