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Culture

Culture

Ideas have consequences. Our culture insights are drawn by founder, Nick Richtsmeier from our direct engagement, researching, and advisory business where leadership and culture make trust. Through our work thinking about the business of trust-made growth across institutions, we offer weekly insights on for ventures across the growth spectrum.

Formula for a failed leadership transition

Formula for a failed leadership transition

Leadership transitions are one of the most dramatic that any organization undertakes, and they fail up to 70% of the time. Successors make one of three critical entry errors. A cultural crisis is on the horizon if these three are in play.

When trust is the only thing that matters

When trust is the only thing that matters

Nobody wants to say that trust is their issue. Which is why it's stunning how often it is. All organizations depend on trust, but some, the kind that often work with us, demand it for their survival. Trust ventures have a unique set of characteristics and require a specific type of growth strategy.

Five things CEOs do to undermine marketing

Five things CEOs do to undermine marketing

CEOs and their peers in the C-suite want marketing to do more and do better. Likewise, marketers want to see their work valued and work within their zone of strength. But all too often the Clash between executive culture and marketing culture enflames tension and frustration, dampening results.