This post is addressed to the folks on U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ staff. During the recent 2023 Essence Festival of Culture, the Vice President was asked how she defined “culture.” Here is her ...

How should we define “culture”? Ask 100 writers for a definition and you’ll get 140 answers. In this post, I highlight some of the most common attempts at defining culture. Then, I’ll suggest my own.

Nuveen’s CEO has the right instinct about culture.But “listen and learn” is a sentiment, not a behavior.

Brands are built on the definition of a company’s mission and values. The same goes for that organization’s culture. To be successful, the culture needs to have alignment with the brand itself, but in ...

The concept of a workplace culture encompasses many different characteristics of a business. Culture has visible components in the way that a business looks and how employees dress, but it really ...

With employee engagement on the decline, your company’s corporate culture may be at risk. You may find that you are losing the loyalty of your team and that the vision you have for your company is in ...

"Understand the culture to understand the organization," states Edgar Schein, the noted MIT professor of organizational development and culture. Culture permeates your company and defines what you and ...

Peter Drucker famously said that culture eats strategy for lunch. I believe a healthy culture would invite strategy to lunch, engage with intent to learn and grow during lunch, and then pick up the ...

Does the personal culture you’ve developed attract or repel? Whether you admit it or not, it actually does both. That leads us to some follow-up questions. How would you group the individuals that are ...

A startup culture is a workplace environment that values creative problem-solving, open communication and a flat hierarchy. At its core, startup culture emphasizes agility, risk-taking and a ...