Culture Renovation: 18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakeable Company

"The proven blueprint for seizing the competitive edge with smart, well-managed culture "renovation" Culture Renovation explains why efforts to transform corporate culture nearly always fail and identifies 18 proven leadership actions for turning any culture into a driver for long-term success. It's all about keeping what works-and changing what needs to be changed-much like renovating a home. CEO of the world's leading HR research firm, i4cp, Kevin Oakes delivers tangible, tactical insights drawn from arobust data set and informed by CEOs and HR leaders at the world's top companies. You'll find everything you need, including: Three phases, and 18 action steps, to architecting the change you want to see Practical insights and examples from T-Mobile, F5,Microsoft, Ford, 3M, Zumiez, and other cutting-edge companies The traits of a healthy corporate culture Proven ways of managing your new culture for long-term success Specific actions include identifying influencers and blockers; measuring, monitoring, and reporting progress; clearly communicating that change is coming; ferreting out skeptics early in the process; providing training on desired behaviors; and making onboarding about relationships, not red tape. Rely on Culture Renovation to plan, build, and maintain a corporate culture that drives growth and profit now and well into the future"--
Seize and expand the competitive edge with a smart, well-managed culture “renovation”Most business leaders understand the power of a dynamic, positive culture—but almost every effort to change culture fails. Why? The approach is often all wrong. Rather than attempt to “transform” a new culture from the ground up, leaders need to instead spearhead a culture renovation. It’s all about keeping what works, changing what needs to be changed, and ensuring proper care and maintenance—much like refurbishing and living in a beautiful historic home and improving its overall value.In Culture Renovation, the head of the world’s leading HR research firm—the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp)—Kevin Oakes provides tangible, tactical insights drawn from a robust data set and informed by CEOs and HR leaders at many of the world’s top companies. You’ll find everything you need to rebuild your corporate culture with care and expertise, including:Three phases and detailed action steps for architecting the change you want to seePractical insights and examples from T-Mobile, Microsoft, 3M, and other top companiesThe traits of a healthy corporate cultureProven talent practices to maintain your new culture for long-term successOakes identifies 18 proven leadership actions for turning any culture into an agile, resilient, and innovative high-performance organization. You’ll learn how to best understand the culture in place today and set a new cultural path for decades to come; develop a co-creation mindset; identify influencers and blockers; ferret out skeptics and non-believers; measure, monitor, and report progress; and implement “next practices” in talent strategies to sustain the renovation.Culture Renovation delivers everything you need to plan, build, and maintain a corporate culture that drives profits, growth, and business sustainability now and well into the future.