18 Leadership Actions to Build an Unshakeable Company
by Kevin Oakes
Recommended by Brene Brown
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Practical and manager-focused, Culture Renovation advocates for incremental, leader-driven fixes — 'renovations' — instead of attempting wholesale cultural overhauls. It mixes short case vignettes with prioritization advice and concrete leader actions intended for quick pilots and visible wins. Most useful are the decision lenses that help pick what to change first and how to show progress rapidly. The tone stays prescriptive and example-heavy, so readers seeking deep theoretical grounding or granular, hands-on playbooks will likely feel the treatment is light.
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Seize and expand the competitive edge with a smart, wellmanaged culture "renovation"Most business leaders understand the power of a dynamic, positive culturebut almost every effort to change culture fails. Why The approach is often all wrong. Rather than attempt to "transform" a new culture from the ground up, leaders need to instead spearhead ...
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Brene Brown
“This conversation with @KMOakes is a love letter to my brave and compassionate friends who work in the Human Resources space. His book, "Culture Renovation" is one of the most comprehensive playbooks for culture change in companies I have ever seen.”
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