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Few organizations have an exceptional culture. That’s because it’s hard to do. But if you want to capture and keep the heart of supremely able people who perform at their very best, it’s absolutely worth the effort.
Be the Cultural Immune System Curating exceptional culture also means protecting it. Threats must be identified and eliminated. In “A Failure of Nerve,” author Edwin Friedman likens organizational culture to human organisms. Our bodies are programmed to protect us from harm. Infection is met with an assault of white blood cells. Pepper in our nose [...]
Keep Things Simple The world is a complicated, noisy place. Inputs assail us all day long, competing for our attention and challenging our ability to focus. Culture creates clarity. Leaders who curate culture are consistently on-message. They remind everyone of fundamental truths about the culture and the business to keep people grounded during challenging periods [...]
Quit Managing. Start Leading. Leadership Guru Warren Bennis defines leadership as, “the capacity to translate vision into reality.” Let’s add to that. The leader’s role is to cast vision, provide resources, remove obstacles, drive execution, and deliver results. Most people would much rather be led than managed. What’s the difference? Visualize standing over someone versus [...]
Make the Investment Making it about them requires consistent, focused investment of time and attention. Start with understanding purpose. Purpose inspires and drives people. What’s important to them personally? Professionally? Financially? Paint pictures of how exceptional performance will lead to outcomes serving the very things that are most important to them. The historical boundaries of [...]
Finding People Who Make a Difference®. Sanford Rose Associates® understands the need to find the people who will “make a difference.” Our goal is to match human capital needs with highly qualified individuals as quickly and efficiently as possible, with the end goal of enhancing the client’s organizational capability.
Sanford Rose Associates® is a network of independently-owned and operated recruiting offices in its 50th+ year of offering executive search services. We specialize in retained search for experienced executives, management and individual contributors. We work on behalf of our client companies to search for and recruit highly qualified professionals.
