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Corporate Culture/Team Culture: Removing the Hidden Barriers to Team Success

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This book is directly on target. Finally, someone is talking about culture and its impact, instead of trying to sell another "program" that will probably fail like all the rest. Sherriton and Stern make a great case for why all the other fad programs that have come and gone don't work: because the culture of the organization doesn't support them! Their model for culture change is detailed and complete, and they backed up their model with tons of examples from the organizations that have successfully used their approach. This is not a book for novices, but anyone with experience in trying to change an organization will immediately see the value of this comprehensive approach. Highly recommended for anyone who finds their organization under performing or in need of change and perplexed as to how to make the changes needed.

Inc. Magazine recently published a listing of recommended books. This one really stood out. It is one of the first one's I've read that actually deals with how to create "real change" in organizations. It directly confronts the pervasive culture that tends to thwart even the most positive organization change. Lots of models and real company examples to prove tackling the culture head on works!

I read this book hoping to find insights about corporate culture and how to change it. The authors make a case for changing corporate culture, and tell why it doesn't work. I figured that much out on my own -- that's why I wanted to read the book.

They went on to present a "model" which doesn't help much either. What would have made this book work is a discussion of company norms. People tend to live up to what's expected of them, and norms are expectations of people's behaviors.

IMO, the book is too general. The authors need to try changing cultures themselves, then talk about the specific problems they had.

Great book for those merging and/or changing cultures. Provides how to help.

This book offers realistic models and tools to powerfully affect the culture of an organization.
The authors' first hand experience and application of these culture change models to diversified companies and situations really demonstrated its usefulness and versatility.

It's a book that finally tells the story about how powerful culture can be in ruining even the best attempt to impose change.But more importantly what we can do about it to create change. An important concept of how we as managers can change our own subcultures, "in spite of" the organization' culture, is very insightful.