The story of AVSC and how its risk-averse culture impeded revenue growth is just one of the many examples I’ve encountered over the years. When this happens, the company’s culture is no longer an asset; it is a problem that needs to be solved.

Culture Change: Senior Leaders Must Lead The Way

“The culture-environment fit in the case of the higher performing firms was usually reported to be significantly better than in the case of the other companies” Kotter & Heskett (1992: 37) The idea that organizations perform better than their peers when they have a culture that is aligned to their strategy and appropriate to their […] The post Culture Fit and Performance appeared first on Culture Strategy Fit.

This blog is a chapter from my doctoral dissertation which was published in 2002. My research studied the integration of two firms involved in a joint-venture buyout, specifically Sprint Corporation’s buyout of the PCS business from its cable partners. It is important to note that PCS had operated as an independent company with no active […] The post Acquisition Integration Strategies Part 1 appeared first on Culture Strategy Fit.

Part 1 of this blog presented a knowledge-based argument in support of acquisitions and discussed the role of integration strategies in terms of their significance to the achievement of acquisition goals. It also examined ‘organizational integration strategies’ from three different perspectives.

Culture is created by shared experience, but it is the leader who initiates this process by acting out his or her beliefs, values, and assumptions in the behaviors he or she demonstrates and the practices he or she uses. Anyone who has worked with a very good leader or a really bad one can clearly […] The post Leaders and Culture appeared first on Culture Strategy Fit.

If you are a manager at any level in an organization, you need to care about culture. Specifically, you need to understand how your words and actions are affecting the values, beliefs and assumptions of the people within your sphere of influence, and particularly those who report to you. This goes well beyond behaving in […] The post The Culture-Performance Dilemma appeared first on Culture Strategy Fit.

If you are a manager at any level in an organization, you need to care about culture. Specifically, you need to understand how your words and actions are affecting the values, beliefs and assumptions of the people within your sphere of influence, and particularly those who report to you.

Every acquisition an organization makes, no matter how large or small, has a culture that defines the way things are done around here. This is deeply embedded in its DNA and affects all aspects of organizational life. It is anchored in a set of unconscious and taken-for-granted beliefs and assumptions about the expected and best […] The post Conducting Culture Due Diligence appeared first on Culture Strategy Fit.