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The Flow of Organizational Culture

Lead Change Blog

Jim shows that most existing definitions of organizational culture are inadequate and argues that organizational culture is socially constructed, building on Schein’s idea that culture emerges as a dynamic response to problem-solving by the organization’s members. Register for the free event here. .

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Leadership Lessons On Listening, Questioning, And Moving Others To Act

Tanveer Naseer

Schein and Daniel H. Schein, is a testament to the importance of asking questions in a way that enables others to feel comfortable giving honest answers. In Schein’s view, there are two essential problems. Pink being the standouts. The first is our preference for telling rather than asking.

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The Senior Leader’s Checklist for Shaping Company Culture

Next Level Blog

Back in my own days as an executive, I was hugely influenced by a book called The Discipline of Market Leaders. The authors argued that companies had to pick between one of three paths to value creation and success in the market – operational excellence, customer intimacy or product leadership. How do things actually get done?

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Resistance to Change is Cooperation for Improvement

Mike Cardus

Change happens, and the cooperation/resistance is what you learn from and look for to co-construct what makes change work to improve the organization’s and your viability in the market. . This discomfort is Learning Anxiety.” – Schein pp. How do I work with resistance to change? Cooperation Through Change + Learning Anxiety.

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It’s About What You Add to the Interaction

Lead Change Blog

For example, what are the characteristics (or personality traits) of effective leaders, what do effective leaders do or what are process models in which the nature of the work is connected with the type of leadership that is effective? We’re not going to deal with all the approaches in this post – that would require a book in itself!

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Book Reviews and My Recommended Reading List

The Practical Leader

In the past few months I’ve been asked by workshop participants and readers for my recommendations on organization improvement, leadership, or personal development books. The theme is Executive global leadership. I have read about 30 leadership books including Maxwell, Kouzes & Posner, Kotter, and Schein.

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Ask, Learn, Follow Up and Grow

Marshall Goldsmith

” The traditional hierarchical model of leadership will not work effectively for major organizations in tomorrow’s changing world. However, as leaders in the new AT&T now realize, the old command-and-control model of leadership will not encourage the creativity and responsiveness needed to get tomorrow’s job done.

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