Explore Charles Handy’s management theory and how his four workplace cultures shape leadership, motivation and company ...

A strong organizational culture can reduce the need for managers. That’s because when a culture is strong, workers have sufficiently internalized goals and values to act autonomously and effectively ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. What truly defines a business’s identity and operational environment? The answers lie in the concepts of organizational culture ...

Your organization’s culture is what makes your company unique in the marketplace. It encompasses the values and mission that guide your organization’s operations, as well as the beliefs and principles ...

When different organizational cultures—the proverbial “how we do things”—come together, tensions frequently arise. Working effectively with and across cultures is even more challenging when ...

Frequently we frame cultural change in organizations as a necessary return to normalcy, discipline, and structure. A call to arms of what “right” looks like; it frequently pits new ways of thinking ...

As so many of my fellow nonprofit leaders know, people are essential to the work we do. Those of us who choose careers in the social sector are driven by our passion and commitment to advance positive ...

Theory on organizational culture posits that there are three layers of culture, each with their own distinctive definitions and meanings. Starting from the outside and moving inward, we first have the ...

Organizational culture is often described as “the way we do things around here.” But, in reality, culture is more than just behaviors. It’s the deeply embedded beliefs, values, and assumptions that ...