Focus on Workplace Culture
Corporate culture is more than just making sure everybody gets along. Culture influences how teammates communicate, affects customer-facing results and helps create innovation-driven teams.
Read more for insight from Kellogg faculty on how to create a culture of ideas that inspire growth in people, organizations and markets.
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Corporate Culture—Not Lip Service—Counts
Establishing a bona fide “culture of integrity” can be costly for a corporation, but the economic returns are real
Luigi Guiso, Paola Sapienza and Luigi Zingales
November 4, 2013
Navigating the Multigenerational Workplace
Leaders should treat generational diversity as an asset, not a liability.
April 28, 2015
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I (Don’t) Feel Your Pain
Having been there does not always increase empathy.
Rachel Ruttan, Mary Hunter-McDonnell and Loran Nordgren
October 5, 2015
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Does Creativity Breed Entitlement?
Companies that put creative employees on a pedestal encourage bad behavior.
Maryam Kouchaki and Lynne Vincent
November 2, 2015
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How a Family Business Can Capitalize on Its Unique Culture
You need a different playbook when the CEO is your sister.
John L. Ward
March 7, 2016
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How to Protect Yourself from an Unethical Boss
To ward off immoral requests, take a lesson from vampire lore.
Sreedhari Desai and Maryam Kouchaki
February 1, 2016
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Is Your Company Culture Too Strong?
A diversity of viewpoints can help organizations weather disruption.
Willemien Kets and Alvaro Sandroni
July 6, 2015
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Careers
A Tilted Playing Field
New research finds bias in elite professional services hiring.
Lauren Rivera
May 1, 2015