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The proven blueprint for seizing the competitive edge with smart, well-managed culture “renovation”Culture Renovation explains why efforts to transform corporate culture nearly always fail and identifies 18 proven leadership actions for turning any culture into a driver for long-term success. It’s all about keeping what works—and changing what needs to be changed—much like renovating a home. CEO of the world’s leading HR research firm, i4cp, Kevin Oakes delivers tangible, tactical insights drawn from a robust data set and informed by CEOs and HR leaders at the world’s top companies. You’ll find everything you need, including: • Three phases, and 18 action steps, to architecting the change you want to see• Practical insights and examples from T-Mobile, F5, Microsoft, Ford, 3M, Zumiez, and other cutting-edge companies• The traits of a healthy corporate culture• Proven ways of managing your new culture for long-term successSpecific actions include identifying influencers and blockers; measuring, monitoring, and reporting progress; clearly communicating that change is coming; ferreting out skeptics early in the process; providing training on desired behaviors; and making onboarding about relationships, not red tape.Rely on Culture Renovation to plan, build, and maintain a corporate culture that drives growth and profit now and well into the future.

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This guidebook paves the way to integrated talent management by assembling the collective experience and insight of 19 experts who examine research-based theories and current practices in highly successful enterprises. These contributors (including Marshall Goldsmith, Peter Cappelli, Leslie Joyce, and Edward E. Lawler, among others) provide practical advice about how you can adopt effective, state-of-the-art methods in your own organisation.

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