HBR's 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture (Updated and Expanded)

By: Harvard Business Review, Amy C. Edmondson, Josh Bersin, Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Erin Meyer

Narrated by: Rebecca Lam, Walter Dixon

A dynamic company culture starts with leadership. If you listen to nothing else on building a great culture, listen to this book. We've chosen a new selection of current and classic Harvard Business Review articles that will help you understand how to create a foundation of psychological safety, connect your people to your organization's purpose, and change your culture for the better. This book will inspire you to:

• Help all employees feel welcomed and valued
• Cultivate a mindset of continuous learning
• Turn hybrid work challenges into successes
• Use analytics to better understand your culture
• Keep toxic behaviors from undermining your workplace
• Balance discipline and structure with creativity and innovation

This collection of articles includes "The Leader's Guide to Corporate Culture," by Boris Groysberg, Jeremiah Lee, Jesse Price, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng; "What People Get Wrong About Psychological Safety," by Amy C. Edmondson and Michaela J. Kerrissey; "The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures," by Gary P. Pisano; "Four Phrases That Encourage Curiosity on Your Team," by Scott Shigeoka; "The New Analytics of Culture," by Matthew Corritore, Amir Goldberg, and Sameer B. Srivastava; "Don't Let Cynicism Undermine Your Workplace," by Jamil Zaki; "Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization," by Robert E. Quinn and Anjan V. Thakor; "Four Ways to Create a Learning Culture on Your Team," by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and Josh Bersin; "The Price of Incivility," by Christine Porath and Christine Pearson; "Why Hybrid Work Can Become Toxic," by Mark Mortensen; "How to Design an Ethical Organization," by Nicholas Epley and Amit Kumar; "The Power of Small Acts of Inclusion," by Gregg Muragishi, Lauren Aguilar, Priyanka Carr, and Greg Walton; "Beware a Culture of Busyness," by Adam Waytz; and "When Culture Doesn't Translate," by Erin Meyer.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

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