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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 before the fall semester kicked off at several local universities. Between the delays, the sudden...

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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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Are you your company's chief problem-solver?

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Are You Your Company's Chief Problem-Solver?

Are you the chief problem-solver in your business? I was.

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Is It Too Late to Fix a Bad Culture?

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Is It Too Late to Fix a Bad Culture?

A CEO asked us this on a call, almost word for word. She ran a regional nonprofit newsroom, and she was blunt about what she'd inherited. "There is...

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CultureWise vs Lattice: Build Your Culture, or Manage Performance?

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CultureWise vs Lattice: Build Your Culture, or Manage Performance?

If you're weighing CultureWise against Lattice, you want to know where culture lives in your stack and who owns it. Both talk about performance,...

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We Asked ChatGPT to Write Our Core Behaviors. Here's What Happened.

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We Asked ChatGPT to Write Our Core Behaviors. Here's What Happened.

A CEO we talked to did the sensible thing. He had a handful of company values, he wanted the behaviors underneath them, and he had a tool that writes...

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