Flexible Materials: From divestment threat to 12% return on capital
Challenge Flexible Materials, part of a large global packaging manufacturer, was flagging, with contributing revenue at less than 10 percent. Unless the company could rise above the cost of capital, its parent company would divest. Solution A new CEO with extensive experience in the steel industry was hired to radically recalibrate and offer his vision. […]
“Career Cushioning” is the Newest Scare Trend for Employers to Watch
Jessica Kriegel, Chief Scientist of Workplace Culture, joins CNN’s Early Start to discuss the newest workplace scare trend: “career cushioning,” and to weigh in on Twitter’s continuing culture debacle under the reign of Mr. Musk.
SSM Health: The first health care organization in history to receive the Baldridge National Quality Award from the President of the United States
Challenge Sometimes shifting just one cultural belief can transform a whole organization. In the case of SSM Health, which operates a network of 11,000 hospitals and care facilities in Missouri and the Midwest, human resources leadership realized that one cultural belief was holding them back: We think like a traditional support function with a transactional […]
OGE: A focus on accountability leads to 3x share price
Challenge Operating within an industry with eight times the fatality rate of others, Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OGE) leadership knew that a reduction in Reportable Safety Incidents (RSI) would not only boost employee morale and organizational culture, but could also potentially add millions of dollars to their bottom line. The challenge: how to make 3,000 […]
IVAC: No new products for a year, but 15% boost in sales
Challenge It’s the situation all leaders dread: Dennis Antinori, VP of Sales for the medical products company IVAC, had a national sales meeting on the calendar with several new products to launch. Two months to go before the meeting, Antinori got the news from the product development team: the new products would be a year […]
Learning Leader Alert: The Relationship Between Business Acumen and Leadership Mindset
Managers make decisions every day, whether financial, customer-related, employee, and/or organizational decisions. They can make those decisions solely through the lens of their own job responsibilities, departments, and personal goals, or… They can make them in sync with the bigger picture, aligned with their organization’s strategies, vision, and financial goals. With many employees working from […]
Building a Culture that Wins During a Recession
Like most leaders, you’re feeling the weight of a looming recession. You’re making plans to weather the storm if and when it comes. While your instinct may be to batten down the hatches, it may be the wrong path. During the Great Recession, leaders who found balance between spending too much or not enough were […]
5 Business Acumen Concepts Every Manager Should Know
In order to make smart decisions affecting their organization’s financial resources, all managers must understand basic business acumen concepts. Lacking some or all of this knowledge can create barriers in a leader’s decision-making process, including – but not limited to – creating budgets, forecasting, and even managing costs. Below is a shortlist of five business […]
Making Room for Political Diversity in the Workplace
At the end of every election season, it’s ever more clear: we live in a time of political divisiveness in our general culture. When we are at work, how do we listen to and speak with each other about potentially polarizing topics, where our political affiliations tap into our sometimes very different personal beliefs? The […]
Culture Partners Acquires Paradigm Learning
Today, we are excited to announce that we have acquired Paradigm Learning, developer of the most impactful tools in experiential business learning that directly connect people to driving results. “This is a huge benefit to our clients. Paradigm Learning empowers leaders to connect and experience how their decisions impact the results of their company or […]
Clarify Results to Create Culture Strength
Creating a results-driven culture means getting clear on what you need to achieve. Our new research reveals that aligned clarity of results alone can boost your organization’s Culture Strength by 44%. Trying to move along without “meaningful, measurable results,” as our Chief Scientist of Workplace Culture, Dr. Jessica Kriegel, points out, will stall your purpose, […]
New Research Determines How to Strengthen Workplace Cultures by 62%
As the redefinition of the workplace continues, new research by Culture Partners finds that activating four factors within organizational culture increases workplace culture strength by 62%. Surveying 4,960 employee responses from 26 different global organizations over the last three years, Culture Partners has determined four key factors for improving culture strength: Researchers found, using a […]