Culture is an organization’s biggest cheat code, but the only way to use it properly is to understand it deeply.

Every organization, no matter its size, has an abundance of moving pieces. Ensuring that all those pieces move in perfect synchrony starts by devising an organizational structure that represents the ...

A positive, aligned organizational culture is easy to recognize: Productivity soars, employees are satisfied and empowered, processes are clear and effective — in short, everything seems just to hum ...

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Theory on organizational culture posits that there are three layers of culture, each with their own distinctive definitions and meanings. Starting from the outside and moving inward, we first have the ...

This cookie exercise, first shown to me by leadership consultant Margaret Wheatley at a workshop, is an excellent (and delectable) demonstration of the emergent properties of a system: The whole has ...

Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of how individuals, groups, and organizations interact and influence one another. Though, in the field of business management, it is a largely used concept as ...

This story may or may not be true, but Gail Berger, Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, finds it useful to explain how ...

Organizational culture is often described as “the way we do things around here.” But, in reality, culture is more than just behaviors. It’s the deeply embedded beliefs, values, and assumptions that ...

When different organizational cultures—the proverbial “how we do things”—come together, tensions frequently arise. Working effectively with and across cultures is even more challenging when ...

As so many of my fellow nonprofit leaders know, people are essential to the work we do. Those of us who choose careers in the social sector are driven by our passion and commitment to advance positive ...