Company Culture: Page 9

Leadership

Why Jim Collins Is Wrong About How to Create Core Values

Jim Collins's revered method for establishing company core values might not suit all businesses, particularly when disconnected from customer value propositions. Here are my suggestions for crafting your company's core values, based on real results.

Leadership

Rejection Doesn't Have to Be a Bad Thing. Here's How You Can Use It as a Tool for Success.

Rejection can actually be helpful if you look at it the right way. Use these expert tips to embrace it.

Productivity

How I Pulled Myself Out of Burnout and Turned My Ambitions Into Reality

The all-too-common narrative of burnout in American workplaces has reached a tipping point — including for myself. Here's how I used a Japanese framework called ikigai to pull myself out of that spiral and build my dream job instead.

Growing a Business

Here's Why Businesses Should Stop Trying to Hire for "Cultural Fit"

Recruiting and retaining "cultural contributors" makes workplace cultures and organizations stronger.

Productivity

I Am a Parent and an Entrepreneur. Here Are 11 Strategies I Use to Get Things Done and Outsmart Guilt.

Being both a parent and an entrepreneur is challenging. But you don't have to choose between the two to be successful.

Leadership

Unlock the Secret to Crafting Compelling Core Values With This Step-by-Step Guide

Core values are vital to a company's identity, going beyond generic terms to embody unique, actionable principles. Here's how to craft the best ones.

Leadership

Building a Resilient Workplace — 5 Strategies for Fostering a 'Got Your Back' Culture

How to create a supportive culture and help your employees become more resilient so they can thrive through the problems they confront.

Leadership

How Can Tech Leaders Help Shape a Better World? By Doing These 3 Things

Tech leaders play a pivotal role in shaping society by making value-driven choices — like these three.

Leadership

Want to Be a Better Boss? Try Playing Hooky.

How a midday Mets game became a formative leadership experience

Growing a Business

Here's How Our Company Tripled in Size By Creating a Culture of Bold Kindness

Here's how we've accelerated the growth of our company and developed our people by creating a culture of bold kindness.

Leadership

Want Employees Back in the Office? What Leaders Are (Still!) Getting Wrong About This Ask

For leaders facing the tricky task of getting employees back to the office, here are four communications strategies to soften the blow.

Leadership

How to Strategically Preserve and Evolve Workplace Culture Amidst Change Management

When handled in a thoughtful, intentional manner, cultures no longer impede but serve to accelerate change management and drive results across enterprises.

Leadership

I've Spent Decades Studying How Mentors Make You Successful. Here's How You Find the Right Ones.

After teaching thousands of students and executives, building a personal board of advisors — or a group of mentors — is the one piece of advice I give to everyone. Here are five of the most important things to know about building your board of mentors.

Culture

4 Ways to Maintain Company Culture in the Age of Constant Change

While this is a golden age of innovation, it's up to you to determine whether your company glitters from that gold.

Leadership

5 Ways to Instill a Company Culture Even When Your Workforce Is Virtual

A strong culture grows from working toward shared goals, even when you aren't in the same room.