Kate Derry

A Forbes study revealed that, although culture was a top-three priority for company boards, only 20% actually spent the time required to manage and improve it.  Hardly surprising, given that even industry experts often seem to be at a loss when it comes to measuring, managing and changing culture. Despite ‘culture’ being the buzz word … Read more

There are two components to culture:  1) strength  and  2) style.  Most of the time when we talk about culture colloquially,  we are talking about strength.  A Harvard study of more than 200 companies found that a strong culture can increase net income by more than 700% over ten years.  This kind of statement seems … Read more

Everyone is talking about engagement.  This is probably because research studies have consistently shown that employee engagement is the common thread between profitability, productivity, employee retention and loyalty.  According to Gallup, two thirds of full-time employees are disengaged at work and this results in billions of dollars’ worth of lost productivity.  It seems clear that our … Read more