Description
Using behavioural economics to change organizational culture effectively and sustainably, and putting culture at the core of running the business.
About the Author
Kirsty Bashforth is CEO of QuayFive Ltd, advising CEOs on change, organizational culture and leadership, with clients across energy, utilities, health and financial services sectors both in the FTSE 100 and globally. Previously, she was Group Head of Organisational Effectiveness with BP, designing and delivering the shift in the company's organizational culture for five years from 2010, as part of the company's response and recovery following the Deepwater Horizon incident.
Reviews
The mix of personal experience and straight-talking advice creates a vital handbook for anyone taking on the task of managing culture. -- Sunny Varkey, Founder of GEMS Education and Varkey Foundation
I taught culture at a business school for years, and always felt that I was about to get found out, because all the models I came across sounded plausible but simply didn't work. I wish I'd had this book, and I wish I'd written it. Bravo - it should be issued to all new leaders along with their security pass on day one. -- Eve Poole, author of Leadersmithing
Culture is so fundamental to performance, and yet working to improve it often attracts myth, mystery and scepticism. Seen on the one hand as the intangible soft stuff, or on the other as something simplistically to be fixed, neither approach will be successful. This book finds a way through the middle, based on real experience and outcomes. It's straight talking, realistic and refreshingly honest. If you are approaching the topic of driving change through culture, start here with this book. It will help you make sense of a topic so often avoided, yet so essential to grasp. -- Iain Conn, CEO of Centrica Plc
One person's logic is not another's - a key premise of this accessible book that unpicks why you can't simply announce the culture you want, and expect to create it. It takes time, effort, balance and a healthy dose of pig-headedness. Wonderful, original stuff. -- Charlie Hodgson, Team and Leadership Coach
Book Information
ISBN 9781472966209
Author Kirsty Bashforth
Format Hardback
Page Count 280
Imprint Bloomsbury Business
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 614g