HBR's 10 Must Reads on Building a Great Culture

by Harvard Business Review, Adam M. Grant, Boris Groysberg

You can change your company's culture. Organizational culture often feels like something that has a life of its own. But leaders are the stewards of a company's culture and have the power to shape and even change it. If you read nothing else on building a better organizational culture, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you identify where your culture can be improved, communicate change, and anticipate and address implementation challenges. This book will inspire you

Genres: Business, Leadership, Nonfiction, Audiobook, Management, Cultural, Professional Development

256 pages, Paperback

First published November 12, 2019

Reviews

[Ramil Karimzada · Rating 4 out of 5]

The articles were written on an academic level, despite this they weren't boring to read, on contrary, very interesting and informative that I managed to extract great points that will hopefully guide me through all my career

[Y T · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a collection of various articles published on HBR. While the writings shared various examples of what goes on in various companies, it wasn't easy for the reader to grasp the concepts of what to do to achieve that culture. The book came across more like academic research and reference.

One thing that I learnt was that tempered leaders can slowly change the culture of their workplace for the good, if they were to stick to their beliefs and pass on the same to others.

I would recommend skim through the book and gain the main ideas.

[Patrik Gustafsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being a agile leadership coach I do train and improve organisationens towards culture of learning and trust. This books starts with science around different company cultures what strengths and weaknesses they have. It was good to learn about other company cultures strength.

The other articles in this book also have high quality and where spot on. The final article also stood out to me. It was about tempered radicals how to inspire change in a soft and steady way.

[Ben · Rating 2 out of 5]

Never read one of these before. I can see how some people could eat up what this book has to offer. Not for me. It was a good insight into how some people view the world, and there were definitely some things learned, but for the most part it was skimming chapters. The first paragraph per chapter tends to have 90% of the meat. Everything else is justification and speculation. To each their own.

[Ricardo Acosta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful. I wish I could use a lot of its tools right away but I’m not in a management position right now. However, I’m sure I’ll come back to it when I get the chance to make a profound change. Meanwhile, several of its ideas are great for a personal development

[Neha Agrawal · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good summary of a varied set of topics!!

[Sara (onourshelves) · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent starting place for those learning about company culture.

[Nicolás · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good tool for understanding contemporary trends on corporate culture.

[PD · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like most HBR books: some really good and some just okay. Building culture is hard, worthwhile, and rewarding when all the parts align.

[Ardee · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Jane Morgan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Solid individual articles but lacks coherent overview to pull the various aspects together.