Beyond the Build
Moving Past COVID: Vaccine and the Business Climate
This week, I had an interesting phone call with a group of bankers, business leaders and healthcare professionals here in the Southeast. I left with a ton of takeaways. I’ll…
Customer Relationships
Beyond Breakfast
Sometime ago, shortly after I read a book by Peter Drucker, I wrote a post about company culture. One of the most powerful quotes I took from that read was, “Culture…
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Balancing Culture and Climate
My FMI buddies always say that culture eats strategy for breakfast. I recently attended a workshop where the topic of corporate culture was addressed and compared to corporate climate, a…
Leadership
The Most Important Meal of the Day
We are members of an FMI group with 6 other contractors spread coast to coast. We meet semi-annually to discuss strategy, and most recently, culture. On a that visit, I was exposed to a…
Leadership
Stand Inline or Right Next To It?
Imagine yourself as new hire in a company. You’re full of different ideas that maybe counter to the culture of the company, as you see it. Do you pull yourself…
Leadership
Spring Training and Corporate Culture
To me, baseball spring training season has always been a time of new beginnings, when teams have a chance to remake themselves, and to change their culture if needed. Why…
Conservation
Actions Speak Louder than Words: Corporate Philosophy Actualized
Anyone can talk a big game. It seems that in the name of public relations, lots of business leaders are talking up green initiatives, corporate responsibility and the importance of…