The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2011

John Kotter and James Heskett’s classic book, Corporate Culture and Performance , is an organization development classic. leadership, recognition, job opportunity, personal development). Heskett does a great job of showing how culture is critical to organizational success and providing powerful and highly illuminating examples.

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LDRLB

MAY 19, 2011

Employees and customers in these situations appear to be playing a key role in a cycle of success spirals (Heskett et al., Bret blogs about leadership, followership, and social media at his website Positive Organizational Behavior. Our results follow this line. Simmons, Ph.D. You can also find Bret on Twitter , Facebook , and Linkedin.

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Tanveer Naseer

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

And even though Kotter and Heskett showed that culture could account for a 20-30% better overall performance than similar competitors, many leaders and organizations don’t see how to develop a culture that enhances performance. No wonder that culture seems elusive, and not something you can get a grip on.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 26, 2012

Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett, poses the right question in his blog Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions? ” In providing provocative perspectives on this challenge, Heskett draws from three books on the folly of predictions, how some predictions can be made more accurate, and how to gain from disorder.

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The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 26, 2011

These are drawn from Harvard Business School professor, James Heskett’s new book, The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force That Transforms Performance : “Culture really matters. Cultures form with or without leadership, structure, or clear intent. Many have more than one.

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The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 28, 2011

Cooper and Aymen Sawaf, Executive EQ: Emotional Intelligence in Leadership and Organizations. “Celebration is given high priority in both organizations (Wal-Mart and Southwest Airlines). ” - Robert K.

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Tony Mayo

MARCH 10, 2010

Similarly, Hart, Heskett, and Sasser (1990) suggest that those with memories of poor service tell approximately 11 people while those with pleasant recollections tell only six. 1 Unhappy customers are 5-20 times more likely to tell others about their bad experience than satisfied customers are to spread good news.

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Skip Prichard

JUNE 22, 2020

James Heskett and John Kotter found that organizations with strong corporate cultures realized over eleven years revenue growth of 682 percent, employment growth of 282 percent and stock price growth of 901 percent. Especially important is ongoing training for managers, for without their leadership, sustainment is nearly impossible.

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The Practical Leader

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

You might want to view (or review) the session on your own or share it with your management team and/or improvement professionals concerned with leadership and culture development. The webcast was built around the core models, frameworks, and approaches we use to help Clients with leadership and culture development.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Heskett wrote in his latest book The Culture Cycle , effective culture can account for 20-30 percent of the differential in corporate performance when compared with "culturally unremarkable" competitors. But is there a direct correlation between employee investment and the balance sheet?

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

What is authentic leadership? Great leadership is definitely not an act. Leadership behaviors are the key to earning employee trust and having a direct and lasting impact on employee engagement. .” We call this “values-infused leadership.” How are you demonstrating authentic leadership today?

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