Mission statements don’t run companies- behaviors do. Corporate Culture dissects how work actually gets done beneath the slogans and values statements, showing you where culture forms, fragments, and silently governs every decision. Grounded in Harvard Alumn Edgar Schein’s layered model, the National Training Laboratory (NTL) roots, and lessons from small-team Special Operations, this book equips you to read the invisible rules steering performance and rewrite them so they don’t rewrite themselves.
Inside you’ll master:
Culture X-ray skills. Diagnose artifacts, espoused values, and hidden assumptions without the consultant fog.
Subculture mapping. Spot and harmonize the geographic, functional, and leadership micro-cultures that make or break execution.
Behavioral reinforcement loops. Align what gets rewarded, tolerated, or ignored so the right actions become the norm.
Image vs. Reality filters. Separate branding theater from the real signals people follow when no one’s watching.
Leader signal craft. Use small, consistent acts to broadcast expectations louder than any town-hall speech.
Change without backlash. Introduce new norms with psychological-safety tactics that keep trust intact while standards rise.
Metric translation. Track culture health through leading indicators- so celebration or course-correction happens on time.