http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change …stories of personal and organizational adaptation Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:53:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...observe, investigate, dig deeper è link clues together   If you have the inclination or the need to tinker with an organization's culture - you might want to start by becoming a culture sleuth.   Culture sleuths are problem solvers.  Their job is to uncover clues and develop leads which explain why problems are ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2010/02/28/before-you-tinker-with-organizational-culture-become-a-culture-sleuth/ ...build on what is already working within your organization   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.  Are there culture best practices that allow some companies to make it through ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2010/02/23/how-to-tinker-with-organizational-culture/ ...internally focused - not designed for efficient decision-making - could use some performance goals... Something felt out-of-kilter while watching the State of the Union (SOTU) address last week.  As usual in this event, the media seemed to focus more on who clapped, stood up and frowned than on the content of the ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2010/01/31/corporate-culture-of-the-us-congress/ The influence of celebrity culture in our day-to-day lives seems to be increasing in proportion to the number of new videos posted on YouTube.  Will its power soon be slipping into the workplace or is it already there? -  with its persistent focus on publicized name recognition rather than known accomplishments?  We ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2010/01/25/celebrity-culture-in-the-workplace/ Recently, I was asked to bring my knowledge about shaping workplace culture to a symposium for educators on "Stopping Youth Bullying."    I started my workshop with the question -  "What are the underlying reasons why teachers, families and children have a hard time addressing bullying?"  The answers were varied, but ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2009/12/11/culture-connection-between-bullying-in-the-schools-and-the-workplace/ One of the big business topics in October was how to address banks considered "too big to fail."  According to Allan Greenspan, former Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve - "If they're too big to fail, they're too big."  Paul Volcker, another Fed Chair and Bank of England Governor, Mervyn ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2009/11/10/is-bigger-better-for-banks-from-an-organizational-culture-perspective/ One of the big topics in September is how much to regulate our financial institutions to protect us against another freefall of our economic system.  We are finding out that there is not as much agreement on the amount of regulation needed as we thought there was six months ago.  ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2009/09/29/how-american-rugged-individualism-plays-out-in-organizational-cultures/ The months of July and August brought us a great deal of news about how much people are getting paid for what they do.  As a society, we are in agreement about little on this topic - and most importantly about whether executive compensation should be connected to the overall health of our economy.  Some ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2009/09/01/influence-of-organizational-culture-on-compensation/ Last fall, I wrote about corporate culture characteristics that allow certain companies to historically move through hard economic times and endure.  They include having: an "optimistic spirit" to move through down times a "commitment to a long-term vision" an "ability to adapt" quickly to changing marketplace conditions Consequently, ten (10) months later, are there ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2009/08/18/re-visiting-wall-streets-trading-culture/ The past twenty (20) years have been a wild ride for doctors, patients, hospitals, insurance companies and legislators.  We have all experienced the pain and the little triumphs of trying to fix our healthcare system in an ad hoc - change as we go manner.  There appears to be forming ... http://cultureconsult.com/leading-workplace-change/2009/07/10/healthcare-reform-and-organizational-culture/