Book : Culture Renovation 18 Leadership Actions To Build An.

-Titulo Original : Culture Renovation 18 Leadership Actions To Build An Unshakeable Company

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McGraw Hill

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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. From the Publisher Kevin Oakes, CEO and co-founder of i4cp, has been a pioneer in the human capital field for the last 25 years, and is an international keynote speaker on culture, talent management, leadership, innovation, diversity, metrics, and strategic learning in organizations. He founded and served as President of SumTotal Systems, one of the largest providers of talent and learning solutions in the world, a company originally founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. From the Back Cover “The best playbooks are a combination of reliable research, relatable examples, and actionable strategies. This is the best playbook I’ve seen when it comes to creating organizational cultures that create competitive advantage, unlock performance, and rehumanize work.” -Brene Brown, PhD, author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, Dare to Lead What’s clear is that corporate culture needs an overhaul. What’s less clear is how to undertake that massive task. Thank goodness, then, for Kevin Oakes. In Culture Renovation he lays out a straightforward framework that any business leader can use to face the future with confidence and to build a great organization from the inside out.” -Daniel H. Pink, author of New York Times bestsellers When, Drive, and To Sell Is Human “Oakes, the CEO of an HR research firm, stresses the importance of a healthy work culture in his empowering debut… Business leaders will want to check out this smart, savvy guide.” -Publishers Weekly About the Author Kevin Oakes, CEO and co-founder of i4cp, has been a pioneer in the human capital field for the last 25 years, and is an international keynote speaker on culture, talent management, leadership, innovation, diversity, metrics, and strategic learning in organizations. He founded and served as President of SumTotal Systems, one of the largest providers of talent and learning solutions in the world, a company originally founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.