A positive, aligned organizational culture is easy to recognize: Productivity soars, employees are satisfied and empowered, processes are clear and effective — in short, everything seems just to hum ...

Every organization, no matter its size, has an abundance of moving pieces. Ensuring that all those pieces move in perfect synchrony starts by devising an organizational structure that represents the ...

Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of how individuals, groups, and organizations interact and influence one another. Though, in the field of business management, it is a largely used concept as ...

This cookie exercise, first shown to me by leadership consultant Margaret Wheatley at a workshop, is an excellent (and delectable) demonstration of the emergent properties of a system: The whole has ...

This story may or may not be true, but Gail Berger, Clinical Professor of Management and Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, finds it useful to explain how ...

Success requires understanding—and measuring—the potential disconnect between the culture of an organization and the strategy under consideration. Cultures can change, but they can’t change radically ...

Frequently we frame cultural change in organizations as a necessary return to normalcy, discipline, and structure. A call to arms of what “right” looks like; it frequently pits new ways of thinking ...

Organizational culture is often described as “the way we do things around here.” But, in reality, culture is more than just behaviors. It’s the deeply embedded beliefs, values, and assumptions that ...

“It didn’t take me long to realize that my new company had a toxic organizational culture. Everyone only looked out for themselves, and tried to sabotage everyone else” — newly hired program manager ...