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Zusatztext “Anthropologists specialize in culture, but for too long their expertise has been largely out of reach for leaders and managers. Not anymore. This is a stimulating, sensible guide to understanding—and improving—the values and norms of your workplace.” —Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and host of the TED podcast WorkLife “A must-read for leaders who want to understand how their organization actually works—and why. The Culture Puzzle explains, in an upbeat, entertaining way, why an organization chart can never capture the organic nature of the teams that are so important to us and how we can leverage the life inside them.” —General Stanley McChrystal, founder and CEO, McChrystal Group “One of the least appreciated but most valued facets of organizational life is the collective mindset that we share and nurture in the workplace. We inherit a culture when we arrive, and we all become responsible for renewing it once there. The Culture Puzzle provides a compelling road map for doing so.” —Michael Useem, Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and author of The Leadership Moment and The Edge “This is an admirably clear, engaging, and well-written book that shows why no business leader, or would-be leader, can afford to ignore the slippery issue of ‘culture’—or what is sitting below your nose. It takes the reader on a lively journey from ancient Egypt to modern companies such as Warby Parker and shows, in a practical way, how to read your own institutional culture—for good and bad—and make it work more effectively.” —Gillian Tett, Chair of the Editorial Board, Financial Times , and author of The Silo Effect “JetBlue has been successful largely because of its solution to the culture puzzle. To help your organization discover its own answer, follow the advice provided in this immensely practical and wonderfully engaging book.” —Mike Barger, founding member of JetBlue Airways and Assistant Clinical Professor of Business Administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan “To thrive in a time of social, environmental, and market upheaval, we need great culture builders—people who inspire others to live the company’s values, not just talk about them. Through riveting storytelling and insight into human motivation, this book will help you to build a culture that will support people—and your business—to soar to new heights.” —Annie McKee, bestselling coauthor of Primal Leadership and author of How to Be Happy at Work “A thorough, highly engaging, and superbly written exploration of organizational culture.” — Kirkus Reviews Informationen zum Autor Mario Moussa is president of Moussa Consulting and an Affiliated Faculty member in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the coauthor of the bestseller The Art of Woo and Committed Teams . Derek Newberry is an organizational development consultant and an Affiliated Faculty member in the College of Liberal and Professional Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the coauthor of Committed Teams . Greg Urban is the Arthur Hobson Quinn Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania and the current editor of the Journal of Business Anthropology . Klappentext Corporate culture is critical to any organizational change effort, yet in a recent survey less than a third of executives said they understand theirs. This book offers a proven model for identifying and leveraging the essential elements of any culture. If you're going to make any significant change in an organization, you have to recon the organizational culture. Because as Pete...
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Anthropologists specialize in culture, but for too long their expertise has been largely out of reach for leaders and managers. Not anymore. This is a stimulating, sensible guide to understanding and improving the values and norms of your workplace.
Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of THINK AGAIN and host of the TED podcast WorkLife
A must-read for leaders who want to understand how their organization actually works and why. The Culture Puzzle explains, in an upbeat, entertaining way, why an organization chart can never capture the organic nature of the teams that are so important to us and how we can leverage the life inside them.
General Stanley McChrystal, founder and CEO, McChrystal Group
One of the least appreciated but most valued facets of organizational life is the collective mindset that we share and nurture in the workplace. We inherit a culture when we arrive, and we all become responsible for renewing it once there. The Culture Puzzle provides a compelling road map for doing so.
Michael Useem, Professor of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and author of The Leadership Moment and The Edge
This is an admirably clear, engaging, and well-written book that shows why no business leader, or would-be leader, can afford to ignore the slippery issue of culture or what is sitting below your nose. It takes the reader on a lively journey from ancient Egypt to modern companies such as Warby Parker and shows, in a practical way, how to read your own institutional culture for good and bad and make it work more effectively.
Gillian Tett, Chair of the Editorial Board, Financial Times, and author of The Silo Effect
JetBlue has been successful largely because of its solution to the culture puzzle. To help your organization discover its own answer, follow the advice provided in this immensely practical and wonderfully engaging book.
Mike Barger, founding member of JetBlue Airways and Assistant Clinical Professor of Business Administration, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
To thrive in a time of social, environmental, and market upheaval, we need great culture builders people who inspire others to live the company s values, not just talk about them. Through riveting storytelling and insight into human motivation, this book will help you to build a culture that will support people and your business to soar to new heights.
Annie McKee, bestselling coauthor of Primal Leadership and author of How to Be Happy at Work
A thorough, highly engaging, and superbly written exploration of organizational culture. Kirkus Reviews
