“If strategy is the ‘what’ and process is the ‘how,’ culture is the ‘why.’”
"A leader’s first task is to diagnose the culture. Only then can they decide whether to embrace, adapt, or transform it."
- Michael Watkins
Leadership
"Your ability to accelerate your impact depends on your ability to read the cultural terrain and navigate it effectively."
- Michael Watkins
Leadership
"Organizational culture is the immune system of the company."
- Michael Watkins
Organization
"When you step into a new role, you are not just joining an organization, you are joining its culture."
- Michael Watkins
Organization
"The most important conversations you have during your first 90 days are about understanding the culture: what’s valued, what’s ignored, and what’s taboo."
- Michael Watkins
Organization
"If I need to remind myself to bring something with me in the morning, I’ll usually put my car keys on top of it."
- Des Traynor
Organization
"You cannot run a successful retail business from memory."
- Josh Hartford
Organization
"I try to prep a lot of things in advance and be organized, whether that's meals, school runs, homework plans, plenty of GCSE revision."
- Tess Daly
Organization
"Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up."
- A. A. Milne
Organization
"This is some rescue. You came in here and you didn't have a plan for getting out?"
- Princess Leia
Organization