Leading Culture Change: What Every CEO Needs to Know

Chris Dawson

Published by Stanford University Press 2010

Leading Culture Change

What Every CEO Needs to Know

Chris Dawson

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780804774673

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About this book

This book is a must-read for top leaders who recognize the importance of culture change, but need a field guide to teach them how to put their organizational DNA to work.

Author / Editor information

Christopher S. Dawson is President of Dawson Consulting Group, based in Silicon Valley, California. The firm focuses on building organizational capabilities in three overlapping practice areas: Strategy, Culture, and Leadership. For further information about Dr. Dawson or his firm, please visit www.DawsonConsult.com.

Reviews

Mark Mallinger, Associate Dean and Professor of Applied Behavorial Science, Graziadio School of Business:
"Organizational culture is complex and often difficult to sort out. However, Chris Dawson offers a set of valuable frameworks that allows the practitioner to make sense of thorny issues, along with providing a comprehensive approach to managing change."

M.A. Taylor, President & CEO:
"Leading Culture Change: What Every CEO Needs to Know provides concrete, practical guidance to ensure that your organization can move quickly through the process of assessing the status quo; crafting culture objectives that will yield maximum value because they are specifically tailored to your industry, your competitive environment, and your company's development stage; and generating an implementation road map that will yield a vibrant, dynamic, and self-sustaining culture. This book is a must read for both the experienced CEO, desiring a completive edge to improve business performance, and the newly minted CEO or Division Head, hungry to transform his or her organization into a market leader in the global economy."

David Carey, CEO and President:
"Chris Dawson has shared his 25 years of practical wisdom and experience about leading culture change in this outstanding book. Having worked with him for most of those years, I have seen Chris' finely honed judgment and methods at work. It is exciting to see his ideas come to life in this book. I can strongly recommend both Chris and this practical guide to the seasoned CEO and the new manager faced with changing culture."

Greg Love, CEO:
"A practical and timely guide for the new or seasoned CEO on how to use culture as a lever to effect positive change and create value in an organization."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Culture Change Cases Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Section I. Culture as the Engine of Value Creation
1. Culture Creates Value Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. What Is Organizational Culture? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. Five Critical Success Factors for Culture Change Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Section II. Implementing Culture Change
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4. Setup Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
5. Launch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
6. Propagating the Wave Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
7. Celebrating Progress Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	138
Section III. Practical Applications
8. Three Common Culture Change Scenarios Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
9. Culture Change Leadership Competencies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	177
Epilogue
10. Culture, the Economy, and Survival of the Fittest Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	193
Appendix: Dawson Culture Change Lexicon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 232
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 20

eBook

Published: May 10, 2010
ISBN: 9780804774673