How to build trust: the glue and lubricant of culture
Trust is one important key to building a culture of high performance, whereby speed will go up and costs will go down, writes Dave Hanna This statement by Stephen M. R. Covey (son of Dr…
Where can corporate culture and national cultures meet?
Integrating local values into your company’s corporate culture is crucial to strategic success in a global marketplace, writes Dave Hanna As more and more companies expand their reach across today’s global marketplace, many of them…
Organisational change by combining inside-out and outside-in approaches.
The traditional “inside-out” and “outside-in” approaches to organisational change are still relevant, but connecting them is the key that unlocks true transformation, writes Dave Hanna “Organisational transformation” is the latest term for moving an organisation…
HR as a partner in culture change
Leader–HR professional partnerships can be key to achieving the culture change that moves a business forward, writes Dave Hanna When organisations successfully implement culture change to become more competitive, more innovative or less bureaucratic, it…
3 keys to building a culture that withstands economic downturns
There are three keys to building an adaptive culture and resilient organisation that will help in withstanding the knocks and shocks of economic downturns, writes Dave Hanna An economic downturn inevitably leads to a number of companies…
Engagement: the core of a high performance culture
When designing organisational elements to improve performance, a fundamental consideration in this process is how changes impact an individual’s daily work, writes Dave Hanna Many design efforts to shape a high performance culture appropriately scrutinise…
Choosing strategy over culture
Understanding how company culture affects strategy implementation, and developing a plan to align them, can be the key to unprecedented success, writes Dave Hanna A global enterprise once surveyed its managers to get their perspectives…
How to build trust: the glue and lubricant of culture
Trust is one important key to building a culture of high performance, whereby speed will go up and costs will go down, writes Dave Hanna This statement by Stephen M. R. Covey (son of Dr…
5 steps to building a high performance culture
It takes more than a change in organisation structure to transform an entrenched culture. Dave Hanna discusses the five key ingredients of a real high performance culture Managers today are anxiously looking for ways to…