We were sitting in a room in a foreign country: 20 executives were waiting for the CEO to arrive. I was present to facilitate the first part of their workshop on culture after they did the OCAI culture survey.

How has your year been? It's time to evaluate, and develop new intentions. My intention is to inspire toward positive organizations where people and performance thrive.

Are you engaged at work? Are you content, and productive? Are you thriving?

What is positive change? What is a positive organization? Why would we bother to practice positive leadership, and create a positive culture? For some, the answer is obvious, for others not at all.

Organizational Culture Case: this machine company is changing from tight control to more autonomy and agility.

In this series about Culture, Change, and Leadership we’ve discussed how organizational change can fail or be successful and how organizational culture can help or hinder. This article provides an overview of wha

After looking at some powerful questions based on the Competing Values Framework, let’s look at this case that illustrates the crucial role of (

Of course, positive leadership as discussed before entails more than asking questions.

We have seen why Positive Leadership is crucial for change.

Why would you bother with Culture? Simple: if you don't work with culture, it might work against your organization's much-needed change. And you'll never know what hit you...

You’ve witnessed the collective intelligence that can be used in an effective OCAI-workshop or Change Circle in the University L

Let’s continue the workshop with our thirty Library staff in the room.