Reference #487: Organizational Culture and Leadership

Sat Aug 27 2022 • culture leadership change founder organizational-culture-and-leadership

When a mid-stage company whose founder has moved on is faced with a crisis (as slipping performance or an acquisition), a new executive leader is often brought in. This leader can fail in three ways:

Improvement does not occur as a result of their changes
The new leader is not given credit for the improvement that does occur
The new leader's assumptions threaten too much of the cultural core that is still embodied in the founder's traditions.

Schein. Organizational Culture and Leadership, 2017. (244)

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