ARTICLE

FindCenter AddIcon

Entrepreneurs Need to Focus on Culture, Not Perks

By Greg Besner — 2015

I like to define culture in terms of a high-performance culture, one that exhibits qualities like communication, collaboration, mission and value alignment, innovation and accountability.

Read on www.entrepreneur.com

FindCenter Post-Image

Self-Portrait in Black and White: Family, Fatherhood, and Rethinking Race

The son of a “black” father and a “white” mother, Thomas Chatterton Williams found himself questioning long-held convictions about race upon the birth of his blond-haired, blue-eyed daughter―and came to realize that these categories cannot adequately capture either of them, or anyone else.

Book
Thomas Chatterton Williams
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
19:36

Finding More Joy & Purpose Through Core Values

This video offers a simple exercise to help you identify your unique set of core values. Knowing and living by your values is a tremendously helpful tool.

Video
Tara Mohr
2020
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
31:42

Mindfulness in Technology: Karen May, Arturo Bejar, Melissa Daimler, Peter Deng

Practicing Calm Amidst the Storm. Panel with Karen May, Vice President People Development, Google; Peter Deng, Director of Product, Facebook; Melissa Daimler, Head of Learning and Organizational Development, Twitter; and Arturo Bejar, Director of Engineering, Facebook, at Wisdom 2.0 2013.

Video
Karen May
2013
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image
03:14

Peter Senge Introduction to Organzational Learning

Peter Senge shares his perspectives on leadership and systems thinking with IBM.

Video
Peter Senge
2014
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World

Collaboration! Imagine a world in which the excess energy from one business would be used to heat another. Where buildings need less and less energy around the world, and where “regenerative” commercial buildings—ones that create more energy than they use—are being designed.

Book
Peter Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz, Joe Laur, Sara Schley
2010
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

We attempt or avoid difficult conversations and conflicts every day—whether dealing with an underperforming employee, disagreeing with a spouse, or negotiating with a client.

Book
Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen
2010
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Resolving Conflicts at Work: Ten Strategies for Everyone on the Job

Resolving Conflicts at Work is a guide for preventing and resolving conflicts, miscommunications, and misunderstandings at work, including dozens of techniques for revealing how the inevitable disputes and divisions in the workplace are actually opportunities for greater creativity, productivity,...

Book
Kenneth Cloke, Joan Goldsmith
2011
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Crucial Accountability: Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad Behavior

Behind the problems that routinely plague our organizations and families, you’ll find individuals who are either unwilling or unable to deal with broken promises.

Book
Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, David Maxfield
2014
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Solving Tough Problems: An Open Way of Talking, Listening, and Creating New Realities

Tough problems usually don’t get solved peacefully. They either don’t get solved at all—they get stuck—or they get solved by force. These frustrating and frightening outcomes occur all the time. Families replay the same argument over and over, or a parent lays down the law.

Book
Adam Kahane, Peter Senge (foreword)
2012
FindCenter AddIcon
FindCenter Post-Image

Solve Employee Problems Before They Start: Resolving Conflict in the Real World

With compassion, clarity, and conviction (and a dash of comedy for good measure) popular speaker and employment law attorney Scott Warrick distills conflict resolution to just three simple moves: Empathic Listening, Parroting, and Rewards (EPR).

Book
Scott Warrick
2019
FindCenter AddIcon

EXPLORE TOPIC

Building Culture