Organizational culture and leadership articles & podcasts.
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The Relationship Between Your “Center” and Your Confidence
“Do you need to find your center to discover your confidence, or do you first find your confidence in order to be centered?” I asked a client this question once during a session. It first elicited a look of surprise, then a slight smile, followed by a long moment of reflection and silence. I sat quietly attending to the client, providing time for that pause

8 Foundational Leadership Lessons From an Air Force Veteran Turned CEO
There are very few leadership transitions like being a newly commissioned officer in the military. Typically, on graduation day from a military academy, ROTC program
How to Avoid Burnout at Work: 5 Proven Ways to Re-Engage
Feeling burned out at work is both frustrating and exhausting. Even if you enjoy some parts of your job, the continual stress can be overwhelming.

Leadership, Culture and the Art of Caring About the Little Things
Written by Alf Rehn There are many ways to destroy a culture. It can be destroyed by arrogance, hypocrisy or hubris. It can be demolished

Getting Your Operations House in Order for the New Year
With the start of the new year behind us, now is a great time to get your house in order from an operations viewpoint. You

How Will Leadership Change in the Cognitive Era?
Technological innovation is continuing to accelerate on a hockey stick growth curve. Companies like IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, and Amazon are bringing cognitive computing capability to

Why Having a Passion is Critical to Professional Development
Most people in my life know I have a passion for running. However, most people in my life do not know that running is much

The 4 Foundations You Need to Build Trust in the Workplace
Trust is a fickle thing. It takes time to build and can be destroyed in a heartbeat. In the workplace, trust is undeniably important. The level

Our 7 Best Organizational Culture Articles of 2016
Since day one, my goal as marketing manager at gothamCulture has been to promote our team’s in-depth knowledge and understanding of workplace culture. We have

How to Find Hidden Leadership Talent in Your Organization
What would happen if one of your senior leaders stepped down tomorrow? Is your organization prepared to fill his or her shoes quickly and efficiently?

The Hollywood Model and Adapting to the Future of Work
I recently came across an excellent article in The New York Times from economist Adam Davidson (co-founder of NPR’s Planet Money). In it, he describes

How Staples Is Making Its Easy Button Even Easier With A.I.
It’s a cultural icon. The red, plastic “Easy Button” that Staples first introduced as part of a marketing campaign in 2005. It’s not at all

The Three Pillars of Every Successful Change Management Plan
It’s 2017, and your boss walks into your office and says, “We need to restructure four key departments: Finance, HR, Internal Communications and Information Technology
Culture Change is a Complex Process
Make sense of it with actionable advice from experts on the front lines.
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