Talent Assessment and Development Pocket Tool Kit: How to Get the Most out of Your Best People

CHAPTER 2

Culture: The Secret Sauce

               We want to understand what works here rather than what worked at any other organization.

—LASZLO BOCK, GOOGLE

The power and effect of organizational culture are often talked about, but culture is rarely harnessed and leveraged to meet an organization’s objectives. There has been an increase in both research and work focused on effectively creating and sustaining winning cultures. A case in point is Adam Bryant’s Quick and Nimble,¹ in which he observed that several CEOs indicated that they wanted ...