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Take a Skills-Based Approach to Culture Change
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Take a Skills-Based Approach to Culture Change

by Per Hugander
May 2023
Beginner to intermediate
7 pages
16m
English
MIT Sloan Management Review

Overview

Typical programs aimed at changing corporate culture to more effectively address organizational challenges often fail to have a lasting effect. Taking a skills-based approach, however, can lead to positive changes in behavior that endure, particularly when it comes to cultivating soft skills like perspective taking. The author explains key attributes of the skills-based approach to culture change and how organizations can leverage it to speed adoption and improve performance in the long term.

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Publisher Resources

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