The Best Way to Change a Corporate Culture - Peter Bregman - HarvardBusiness.org - The Diigo Meta page

• 16 Dec 09
  

  Francesco Sanesi

  Harvard Business Peter Bergman Change Corporate Culture Blog Article

• 22 Nov 09
  

  Joelle Nebbe-Mornod

  To start a culture change all we need to do is two simple things:
  
  Do dramatic story-worthy things that represent the culture we want to create. Then let other people tell stories about it.
  
  Find other people who do story-worthy things that represent the culture we want to create. Then tell stories about them.

• 10 Oct 09
  

  jmbeas
  • Performance reviews and training programs define the firm's expectations. Financial reward systems reinforce them. Memos and communications highlight what's important. And senior leadership actions — promotions for people who toe the line and a dead end career for those who don't — emphasize the firm's priorities.
  • Now the head of the firm wanted to change the rules mid-game.
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  • • We tend to conform to the behavior of the people around us.
    • If you want to change the culture, you have to change the stories.

    • To start a culture change all we need to do is two simple things:

      
      
      
      1. Do dramatic story-worthy things that represent the culture we want to create. Then let other people tell stories about it.
      2. Find other people who do story-worthy things that represent the culture we want to create. Then tell stories about them.
• 21 Sep 09
  

  Jamie Baker
• 19 Aug 09
  

  Dieter Josten

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• 14 Jul 09
  

  Barbara Fillip

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• 06 Jul 09
  

  Hutch Carpenter

  Performance reviews and training programs define the firm's expectations. Financial reward systems reinforce them. Memos and communications highlight what's important. And senior leadership actions — promotions for people who toe the line and a dead end career for those who don't — emphasize the firm's priorities.

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• 03 Jul 09
  

  Christy Tucker

  A story about changing an organizational culture through stories. The stories we tell show what's important; telling new stories shows new priorities.

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• 27 Jun 09
  

  Mario Gastaldi

  change culture

  • Do dramatic story-worthy things that represent the culture we want to create. Then let other people tell stories about it
  • Find other people who do story-worthy things that represent the culture we want to create. Then tell stories about them.
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  • • if you want managers and employees to communicate more effectively, stop checking your computer in the middle of a conversation every time the new message sound beeps. Instead, put your computer to sleep when they walk in your office.
      
    • Or if you're trying to create a more employee-focused culture, instead of making the bride work on her wedding day, give her the week off.
• 26 Jun 09
  

  Richard Fahey

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  Marc Buyens

  change culture

• 25 Jun 09
  

  Rafael Alvarado

  leadership change culture

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