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Tag Archives: Company cultures
Let it go
As you know I am in the business of adjusting company cultures. Sometime this means intervening to rebuild an established culture that is broken. But I’m pleased to say that a characteristic of our region is that we have developed … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, African Business, Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Branded behaviours, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, Direct marketing, Empowerment, Global Brands, Global Statistics, Internal brand, Internal Communication, Kenya Government, Kenyan Market, Local Brands, Market Research, The Brand Inside, Uncategorized
Tagged Brand equity, Business, CEO's, Company cultures, Customer need, Decade, Employees, Founders, Institutional behaviours, Product, Region, Service
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Try asking. It beats telling.
Regular readers will know that I’m a big fan of Edgar Schein, the professor at MIT Sloan who made organisational behaviours understandable. He’s my touchstone when I’m called upon to intervene in company cultures where behaviours are out of kilter. … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, African Leadership, Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Branded behaviours, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, Direct marketing, Global Brands, Internal brand, Local Brands, Market Research, Marketing Strategy, Social marketing, The Brand Inside, Uncategorized
Tagged America, brands, Business leaders, Company cultures, Edgar Schein, Executive suite, Financial institutions, Hospitals, MIT Sloan, Modus operandi, NASA, Non-governmental, Organisational behaviours, Organogram, professor
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Time to talk
Ok so here’s an insight for you. Drawn from my work inside twelve organisations in East Africa in the first seven months of this year. So it’s current and relevant. The number one barrier to productive company cultures is poor … Continue reading
Posted in Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Chris Harrison Africa, Culture change, Direct marketing, Growth, Human Relations, Internal brand, Market Research, Marketing Strategy, The Brand Inside, Uncategorized
Tagged Audience, brand, Cloud technology, Company cultures, Customers, east africa, Economy, Financiers, Google Drive, internal communication, Millennials, Organisations, Slack, Succinct, talk, Time, work, Yammer or HipChat
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Conversations are important
Being in business in Africa offers us many opportunities. I rate as the most significant the opportunity to do things right, first time. By which I mean learning from other markets and applying our own intellectual and emotional impetus to … Continue reading
Posted in Africa statistics, African Business, African marketing, Behaviour change, Brand Marketing, Brand Reputation, Chris Harrison Africa, Internal Communication, Market Research, Social marketing, Social Media, The Brand Inside, Uncategorized
Tagged Africa, Bank, Business, Commercial, Company cultures, Conversational, Distribution, Employees, Enterprises, finance, Globalise, HR professionals, Internal communicators, Leaders, Markets, Online, Opportunities, Organisation, Production, Regionalise, social media, Strategy, technology
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