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Dr. Annette Towler

Organizational resilience: What is it and why does it matter during a crisis?

There is much to learn about how professionals and organizations can effectively weather the storm during a crisis such as the current Covid-19 pandemic. Organizational resilience and the practices associated with fostering it are key to managing disruption.

Resilience, VUCA, Autonomy, Human Resource Development, Organizational culture

A truly innovative organization provides its employees with room to explore

Dr. Erika Price

Innovation and organizational culture: How to foster innovative thinking and promote innovation in an organization

Creativity and innovative problem-solving must be cultivated within an organization. While productive, useful idea-generation does require a degree of structure, and even deadlines, a truly innovative organization provides its employees with room to explore, pursue novel approaches, and even fail (Ciit, 2016).

Evidence-based Innovation Management, Innovation, Creativity, Organizational culture, Leadership

Changing an organization's culture requires both top-down and bottom-up measures

Dr. Erika Price

Culture change: Using research to change organizational culture from bottom-up and top-down

Psychological research has consistently demonstrated that one of the largest influences on employee performance, satisfaction, motivation, and collaboration ability is organizational culture (Belias & Koustelios, 2014). Organizations that are warm, interdependent, and dynamic are typically healthier, more thriving organizations. Conversely, organizations that are cool, judgmental, or alienated typically have negative workplace outcomes, low retention, and low employee satisfaction.

Evidence-based change management, Change Management, Transformational Leadership, Organizational culture

By drawing on evidence-based practices leaders can increase organizational performance by improving communication

Aaron G.

How leaders can increase organizational performance by improving communication

For leaders to improve organizational communication, changing the culture is one place to start. Increasing psychological safety is one of the more important elements to focus on in a culture change initiative. In addition to culture change, coaching employees to communicate will also help encourage communication.

Psychological safety, Leadership, Workplace communication, Organizational culture

Below the Tip of the Iceberg: How Organizational Cultures impacts Communication

Aaron G.

Below the tip of the iceberg: How organizational culture impacts communication at the workplace

This CQ Dossier describes how organizational culture effects communication in the workplace alongside the internal belief systems of employees. Cultural variables and their impact on workplace communication are presented.

Psychological safety, Organizational culture, Internal beliefs, Workplace communication

Organizational culture plays an important role when it comes to performance and performance management. This CQ Dossiers provides evidence-based practices on how to cultivate a culture that supports hight performance.

Dr. Annette Towler

How to Cultivate an Organizational Culture that Encourages Effective Performance

For organizations to have an effective performance system, they must cultivate a culture that encourages effective performance. This CQ Dossier describes those characteristics of organizational culture that promote effective performance and makes recommendations on how organizations can create interventions to promote a culture that values high performance.

Organizational culture, Performance management, Competing Values framework, Leadership effectiveness