Not everything we believe is true. We may act like it is and it may be uncomfortable to think otherwise, but it’s inevitable that we all hold a substantial number…
An Harvard Business Review article was titled “What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?” I like the idea because most companies focus a lot of their…
An Harvard Business Review article was titled “What If Companies Managed People as Carefully as They Manage Money?” I like the idea because most companies focus a lot of their…
I know, I know, enough of the Coronavirus already. We’ve been self-isolated and at this point have no idea what to believe is true and what is hype. What I…
A recent quote about Warren Buffet said: Your success didn’t lead to optimism, your optimism lead to your success.” Optimism Wikipedia defines optimism as “A mental attitude reflecting a belief…
Great Teams and Great Cultures require Consequences I was talking with a colleague this week about lasting cultures. He mentioned that the Mayo brothers died over 80 years ago but…
Over the last couple of years, I have been working with a team of people to bring some of our (myself and other coaches on the team) experiences to users…
Over this last year, we’ve spent time and detail defining the Team and Culture sections of Team, Leadership, and Culture. Our Monday blogs have spent a great deal of time…
Through the years the Denison Organization has continued to perform research on the original model. One piece of research that caught my eye early in the process looked at six…
In the last post, I discussed balancing the right side vs the left side of the Culture Survey, Stability vs Flexibility. This week we’ll look at the top vs the…
Yes, I have an engineering background and I know there are two halves to every whole. However, the best way to start looking at the results of your culture survey…
Consistency The last quadrant of the Denison Culture survey is Consistency, “Does your system create leverage?” We first introduced the mechanical image of leverage when we introduced the “fulcrum” of…
This final section on Consistency, Coordination and Integration, clearly speaks to agreement across the company. Survey Items You’ll quickly see in the individual questions the focus on cross-company alignment different…
Merry Christmas! We’re taking the week off for the Christmas holiday and hope that you are able to also. We’ll see you in the new year with our next blog…
Agreement that leads to commitment is a long, arduous process. It requires building great teams that listen to each other, respect each other and use a great process to reach…