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When "We Know It When We See It" Stops Working

Every year, a leadership team sits down to pick who gets recognized. The culture award, the values champion, the shout-out at the all-hands. And every year, the same quiet question hangs over the table: on what basis?

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CultureWise vs. Instill: One Scores Your Meetings, One Builds Your Culture

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CultureWise vs. Instill: One Scores Your Meetings, One Builds Your Culture

Two products describe themselves as a culture operating system, and they do almost opposite things. Instill points an AI at your meetings and grades...

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CultureWise vs. Top Workplaces: One Builds Your Culture, One Celebrates It

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CultureWise vs. Top Workplaces: One Builds Your Culture, One Celebrates It

A Top Workplaces award is worth being proud of. When your company lands on a regional or national list, your people spoke up and said good things...

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Your Best Technician Is Killing Your Culture

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Your Best Technician Is Killing Your Culture

Every growing company has one. The technician who can fix anything, close anything, ship anything. The numbers follow them around. So does a wake of...

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Erik walking the team through the bathtub: bookings coming in, backlog in the tub, revenue going down the drain

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Give Your People Context

It was late summer 2021. New COVID regulations were in full force, and my company, Adtech, still had a few dozen classroom AV installations to finish...

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CultureWise vs Great Place To Work: One Builds Your Culture, One Certifies It

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CultureWise vs Great Place To Work: One Builds Your Culture, One Certifies It

Great Place To Work Certification is a badge worth earning. When your team scores well on the Trust Index and your logo lands on the Fortune Best...

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The People Operating System: What Survives the Founder

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The People Operating System: What Survives the Founder

At a recent roundtable of CEOs, one leader told a story that quieted the room. His founder went on vacation and never came back. He died suddenly,...

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CultureWise vs. Culture Partners: A Consulting Project Ends. Your Culture Shouldn't.

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CultureWise vs. Culture Partners: A Consulting Project Ends. Your Culture Shouldn't.

If you're comparing CultureWise and Culture Partners, you're asking a fair question: which one builds culture that lasts? Both names come up when a...

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Culture Through Acquisition: Integrating Your Fifth Company (or Your Twentieth)

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Culture Through Acquisition: Integrating Your Fifth Company (or Your Twentieth)

One CEO we talked to had rolled up three companies. His own summary of where that left him: three businesses, three different cultures, three...

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CultureWise vs 15Five: Build Your Culture, or Manage Performance?

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CultureWise vs 15Five: Build Your Culture, or Manage Performance?

If you're comparing CultureWise and 15Five, you're solving one of two problems that look identical from the outside. Both platforms touch how your...

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