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What’s Wrong With Corporate Culture?
Objectivity is a relative term because what is objectively perceived is by definition to some extent subjectively conceived of.
– D.W. Winnicott
We are in a corporate culture crisis. It may not seem that way given the concept’s popularity, but if you look beyond the high-gloss conferences, Ted talks, YouTube videos, bestsellers, and VPs of Culture, you can spot a disturbing trend:
- According to Gallup’s most recent State of the American Workplace report, a majority (51 percent) of the U.S. workforce is not engaged.1 Other recent studies by Gallup have put that number as high as 68 percent.2
- Two-thirds of Canadian and U.S. employees are either actively looking for or would consider a new job opportunity ...