Culture is an organization’s biggest cheat code, but the only way to use it properly is to understand it deeply.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sherzod Odilov covers organizational transformation and innovation. Today's leaders must navigate their organizations through ...

People come together and join forces for a reason. To achieve the purpose effectively and efficiently, they create an organization. The sum total of those individuals' shared beliefs, norms, attitudes ...

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 ...

Organizational culture is like the personality of an organization. It's about how everyone, from leaders to the newest hires, thinks and acts. It shapes how work gets done and how people treat each ...

Ann Skeet is the senior director of Leadership Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Unhealthy culture is at the heart of scandal. Daily headlines, soundbites, and tweets surface decisions ...

“It didn’t take me long to realize that my new company had a toxic organizational culture. Everyone only looked out for themselves, and tried to sabotage everyone else” — newly hired program manager ...