Tag: corporate culture

February 12, 2024

Quita Highsmith’s journey to becoming the Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer at Genentech reflects a career dedicated to meaningful change in the realm of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In her role at Genentech, a member of the Roche […]

February 1, 2024

The push for return-to-office (RTO) policies by some employers is raising questions about trust in the workplace. To what extent are RTO policies driven by a belief in the value of in-person collaboration versus a fear that employees will slack […]

April 21, 2022

Contrary to press-propagated blames on rapid industry changes, unforeseen circumstances and uncontrollable crises, most business failures boil down to poor corporate culture. Interestingly, how corporate culture is perceived has changed just as rapidly as industries have evolved in recent times. […]

December 8, 2021

Traditionally, the role of an HR professional has been limited to recruitment, payroll processing, maintaining employee records, and other bureaucratic processes that, while crucial to the company’s continuity, remain monotonous and uneventful. As organizations explore new avenues and growth opportunities, […]

October 26, 2021

Your vision: Consistently recruit and onboard accountants who match your expectations. Transforming your vision into a reality, however, remains an uphill climb. But with the right approach, you can quickly and easily recruit and onboard outstanding accountants. Your business is […]

September 2, 2021

The past year has seen a massive shift in how work gets done around the world. As a result, organizational performance and workplace culture have become mission-critical issues that are now top of mind for every business leader. I’ve mentored […]

April 27, 2021

A company’s “culture” is a complex concept. Company culture is undeniably important to any business, but it’s difficult to come up with a concise definition. It’s even harder to effectively and consciously steer that culture in one direction or another, […]

March 2, 2021

2021 will be a defining year for hiring managers. What has largely been seen as a function of business continuity has now been catapulted into a business-critical role. If there is one thing companies have learned from the ongoing health […]

November 24, 2020

2020 has been an extraordinary year for people globally. In the United States, we’re dealing with the aftermath of a divisive and historic election; there is widespread social unrest; and, of course, we’re dealing with a global pandemic that has […]

October 22, 2020

In a competitive business environment, there is often temptation among companies, their employees, and executives to cut corners to further their own interests. In the short term, bad actors may see their efforts rewarded; however, in the long term, most […]

May 28, 2019

After years of discussion and research, one thing is clear about workplace culture: Getting it right is very important. Like employer branding, culture exists in every organization, whether everyone is aware of it or not. Also as with employer branding, […]

May 16, 2019

Effective Human Resource departments are not necessarily noticed when operations go well. Some of the best HR managers can influence corporate culture without having a direct hand in the daily goings-on. That doesn’t mean that HR managers and personnel aren’t […]

April 8, 2019

The fire-red paint swept across one wall of a conference room plays a surprisingly important role in workplace culture and employee engagement. So does the sunshine-yellow couch inviting guests into a lobby, along with the banana leaves stenciled onto the […]

November 6, 2018

Millennials are now the largest population in our workforce, having reached this milestone in 2016 when they surpassed the numbers of Gen X, according to Pew Research. The age that defines a millennial varies a bit depending on who you’re […]

October 10, 2018

I recently sat down with Sabrina Parsons, the CEO of Palo Alto Software to discuss a concept known as the valley of death. Parsons defines the valley of death as the time during which a company grows from 50 employees […]

April 19, 2018

In business, they say a great idea is worthless without great execution. Taking that a step further, even great execution sometimes can’t salvage a company with poor culture. Brilliance alone might be able to get a firm up and running, […]

January 15, 2018

The past several years have seen a lot of upheaval. Digital technology, and the subsequent digitalization of business, is reinventing life and work in ways both small and profound. One of the biggest changes is the increased expectations from customers […]

December 20, 2017

There is no lack of horror stories associated with holiday parties. Since this is the Monday before Christmas I will tell you a short one that ended a person’s career. T’ was the week before Christmas and a fog had […]

November 13, 2017

Earlier this summer, Microsoft announced plans to lay off workers as part of a restructuring to focus on cloud services. A month later Nike made a second round of layoffs, which included hundreds of IT staff, with warnings of more […]

October 31, 2017

Organizational charts reflect hierarchy but that rarely describes how work gets done any more; organizational network analysis can help Every successful team has at least one person who knows “how to get things done.” The analyst that everyone goes to […]