Last Monday I said that leadership was another word for initiative and that meant it had to be spread like fertilizer to every level and person if the company wanted to thrive.
Tuesday I followed up saying that leadership fertilizer was better composted than taught.
That thinking made me realize that the best cultures are also composted.
Cultural development follows a Y-shaped path.
Initially, the raw ingredients from the top person’s MAP (mindset, attitude, philosophy™) form the basic building blocks of the culture.
At that point the culture moves along one of two divergent routes—one akin to the controlled manufacturing approach of synthetic fertilizer and …read more

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The best way to guarantee lots of media exposure is to be successful and in some way on the bleeding edge of your market—two feats that Google has managed since its inception.
Although it recently blew away its financial nay-sayers the media seems to grab for anything that looks like a weakness and pundits love nothing better than taking a poke at a high-flyer.
This is expecially true when high-profile employees leave, which they do no matter how great the company—it’s a personal thing—people get restless, annoyed, bored, follow their friends. Then there’s change—change that …read more