Culture Renovation: 18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakeable Company Summary
by Kevin Oakes

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An ideal reader is a senior executive or HR/organization-development leader who recognizes that culture is a system, not a slogan, and that strategy will stall without behavioral and process changes. They work in a complex organization or growth context where subcultures and conflicting signals derail momentum. They are prepared to lead a renovation rather than run a campaign: diagnose current realities, design a precise target culture anchored to strategy, mobilize a leadership coalition, embed the desired behaviors into hiring, onboarding, performance, and promotion, and institutionalize measurement and accountability. They value evidence-based diagnosis (shadow culture vs stated culture) and practical definitions of behaviors over vague values. They want concrete tools—behavior libraries, decision rules, leader signal plans, and measurement dashboards—and they’re willing to invest time in training managers, redesigning rituals, and maintaining the effort as strategy evolves. This reader seeks durability, not quick fixes, and aims to turn culture into strategic advantage.
Book Details
- Categories
- Leadership, Business, Nonfiction
- Pages
- 352
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- ENGLISH
- Rating
- 4.1 (202 reviews)
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