1. When a company’s present work climate promotes attitudes and behaviors that are well suited to first-rate strategy execution, its culture functions as a valuable…

1. Corporate cultures vary widely in the degree to which they are embedded in company practices and behavioral norms.2. Strong-Culture Companies: Strong-culture companies have a…

1. The distinctive characteristic of an unhealthy corporate culture is the presence of counterproductive cultural traits that adversely impact the work climate and company performance….

1. The hallmark of adaptive corporate cultures is willingness on the part of organizational members to accept change and take on the challenge of introducing…

1. It is the strategy maker’s responsibility to select a strategy compatible with the sacred or unchangeable parts of the organization’s prevailing culture. It is…

1. In multinational and global companies where some cross-border diversity in the corporate culture is normal, efforts to establish a tight-strategy-culture fit is complicated by…

1. The leadership challenges are significant and diverse in managing the strategy process.2. For the most part, leading the strategy-execution process has to be top-down…

1. To stay on top of how well the strategy execution process is going, a manger needs to develop a broad network of contacts and…

1. Managers have to be out front in mobilizing organizational energy behind the drive for good strategy execution and operating excellence.2. A culture where there…

There are several actions that organizational leaders can take to promote new ideas for improving the performance of value chain activities: Encouraging individuals and groups…