The building blocks of an organization’s culture consist of the shared artifacts, beliefs, values, and assumptions (Heskett, 2012, p. 34). Corporate culture is often considered one of the strongest assets in a firm and may be regarded as the way the company conducts its business (Heskett, 2012, pp. 34-36). Culture has a measurable impact on performance, and for this reason, leaders seek to build healthy cultures that align with their underlying missions. How an office culture consciously and unconsciously uses artifacts…
It is a morning ritual that a significant number of people experience every Monday through Friday. No, not the daily Starbucks run, but the time we spend riding up to our offices in an elevator. It seems like a good time to say good morning to people and exchange some basic pleasantries. However, most of my fellow riders are engrossed in other things and avoid making any eye contact. I honestly believe the smartphones that have captured all of their…
I started to write about a recent bad experience I had at one of my favorite restaurants, but after a couple of days of cooling off, I realized this was a good example of taking work too personally. It is a simple enough story of a restaurant manager with an attitude. My family went to the Fish Market located on the harbor of San Diego near Seaport Village. It has great views of the harbor when sitting on the patio or near…
PC World had a funny post about “fanboys”. As I was reading it, I started to laugh because I actually know some people who would qualify as fanboys. PC World has several more descriptions, take a read, and see how many people in your life you can recognize. …every story written by professional journalists who don’t think like you are totally “teh biased”, “on the take” or “in the back pocket of [Insert your least favorite company here].” –Darren Gladstone, PC…
