Corporate culture is critical to any organizational change effort—this book offers a proven model for identifying and leveraging the essential elements of any culture. In a world that changes at a dizzying pace, what can leaders do to build flexible and adaptive workplaces that inspire people to achieve extraordinary results? According to the authors, the answer lies in recognizing and aligning the elusive forces—or the “puzzling” pieces—that shape an organization's culture. With a combined seventy-five years' worth of research, teaching, and consulting experience, Mario Moussa, Derek Newberry, and Greg Urban bring a wealth of knowledge to creating nimble organizations. Globally recognized business anthropologists and management experts, they explain how to access the full power of your culture by harnessing the Four Forces that drive it: Vision: Embrace a common purpose that illuminates shared aspirations and plans. Interest: Foster a deep commitment to authentic relationships and your organization's future. Habit: Establish routines and rituals that reinforce “the way we do things around here.” Innovation: Promote the constant tinkering that produces surprising new solutions to old problems. Filled with case studies, personal anecdotes, and solid, practical advice, this book includes a four-part Evaluator to help you build resilient organizations and teams. The Culture Puzzle offers the definitive playbook for thriving amid constant transformation.
This book identifies nine pillars that support a positive school culture and explains how each stakeholder--teachers, administrators, students, families, the community, and board members--has a vital role to play in the work of making ...
Kathleen Quinn Votaw has years of experience working with CEOs who understand that traditional staffing methods don’t work for today’s companies, and in this book she offers advice on how to: keep “A Players” engaged, boosting ...
Filled with fun and entertaining crosswords from puzzlemaster Charles Timmerman, this book tests puzzlers’ knowledge of all things popular in our society and history, including: Music Food Celebrities Youth culture Television Fads From ...
So, let's attack Diophantus' puzzle with a frame of mind that seeks to flesh out from it some hidden principle—the essence of blended thinking. Te technique of setting an equation comes to mind to solve this in an easy and determinate ...
Culture puzzle: discover the English-speaking world. Teacher's guide
The twin concepts of "Culture" and "Identity" are inescapable in any discussion of European Integration and yet over the last ten years their meaning has become increasingly contested.
This is the answer key to a book that teaches students to speak English and use it properly and effectively in major areas of cross-cultural communication.
Will Larson's An Elegant Puzzle focuses on the particular challenges of engineering management--from sizing teams to handling technical debt to performing succession planning--and provides a path to the good solutions.
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Culture Puzzle. Discover the English-speaking World. Con Espansione Online. Per la Scuola Media