Office culture
A “good culture” isn't good enough. Organizations must align their strategy and their culture to retain their competitive advantage
Leaders are understandably concerned about the impact of remote work and hybrid work on company culture: how will new employees learn established ways of working if they’re not sitting next to each other? How can you foster loose ties between employees if they’re no longer running into each other in the office? And how can […]
Understanding what culture is, is the first step towards designing one that works across locations
Leaders evaluating the return to the offices face a lot of unanswered questions—so we've put together a list of all our articles on hybrid work
When companies realize they need to become more innovative, they often anoint one person to lead the charge. Here's how to spread transformation through the organization.
If one of your customers came to work at your company for a day, would they be excited to see how the brand lives out its values? Or would they be shocked to see a team completely at odds with what the brand represents?
Make sure a merger delivers value in the real world, not just on paper
As more organizations understand culture as the competitive tool it is, they're openly sharing "culture decks" or employee handbooks to attract like-minded employees and customers.
Taking the time to define your organization’s core values can seem like a distraction, but it may be one of the most important decisions you make as a team.
Don't assume "wartime leadership" is automatically required—reflect on what your organization needs, and how you're showing up
Leaders are more susceptible to blind spots, which means their biased decisions have a greater impact on their organizations. A few simple practices can challenge your existing mental models and help you make better calls.
A collection of data and reporting from credible third-parties that paints the picture of the most tumultuous year of work in recent U.S. history
With more employees working from home, companies are seeking out the best digital tools to support them—but don't neglect the human side of any rollout.
Company culture can't be reduced to ping pong tables, but it does have a physical component. Implement these practices to maintain a strong culture even when working virtually.
To survive in a VUCA environment, we must re-conceptualize organizations and leadership
Experts weighed in on navigating uncertainty and best practices for remote work at the beginning of the pandemic
Remote teams often struggle with creativity—but implementing some simple routines and tools can support their best work
When transitioning to remote work, watch out for common obstacles and stay focused on the culture
To former Head of Inclusion and Diversity Jonathan McBride, crises can actually be freeing—it's no longer "business as usual"
Reconnecting to your purpose, accentuating the positive, and consciously ending the workday help The Daily's team perform under pressure
Many companies across the globe may need to shift to remote work, and quickly, given the growing concern over the coronavirus.
Amazon's high-performance culture, with its focus on customers, data, and outcomes, is supported by a unique annual planning process. Leaders and teams are incentivized to think big while supporting cross-divisional goals.
Many of us are limited by our work personas and wish we could be more authentic with our colleagues. Increasingly, we hear people advocate for bringing "our whole self" to work, but what are the limits of that advice and when is authenticity actually damaging to a team?
As the rate of disruption speeds up, founders are tasked with matching it. We’re all putting in more and more hours in a daily attempt to stem the tide. The question is, is all that hard work paying off?
Your boss will likely be replaced, to some extent, by an algorithm. Might that be better?
Creating a high-performing, creative team is challenging enough—but how do you foster a sense of teamwork when your team isn’t even in the same timezone?
Set up a culture of self-care on your team, inside and outside of the office. With sleep as an important part of work performance, discuss with your team how to minimize after-hours emails and fire drills so people can do their best work the following day.
To lead effectively, you must be able to assess your fit-for-role among a larger context, both of the business and of the people around you.
Everyone likes to point to Steve Jobs’ return to Apple as proof that company turnarounds can be wildly successful. In fact, Yahoo!’s beleaguered CEO, Marissa Mayer, has mentioned it to employees as a reminder that even the best turnarounds take time. But now that activist investor Starboard Capital has gained seats on the board, time’s up—it’s increasingly likely that Yahoo! will be sold, and Mayer removed as CEO.
Remember that leading is more than simply knowing what to do, but more so knowing how to marshal other human beings toward those ends.
For this year’s SXSW V2V conference in Las Vegas, we wanted to share why startups fail even after they’ve found product market fit. Drawing from our own clients and researching more than 40 firms that had either scaled woefully or gracefully, we’ve distilled the most frequent pitfalls into 6 categories:
For new readers, this post was written by our Founder, Bud Caddell, when he introduced NOBL to the world in 2014.