Every small company is a tribe, in which everyone knows everyone else, or at least knows of them. Small companies tribes often include investors, spouses, attorneys, accountants, and advisors. But not all tribes are the same. What makes the difference in performance, innovation, and the ability to survive and thrive in economic downturns is tribal culture. The five cultures are:
In this highly interactive session, Dave Logan, best selling co-author of Tribal Leadership and The Three Laws of Performance shows executives how to upgrade their organization one stage at a time, all the way to Stage Five. The result is unprecedented impact and success.
Dave Logan is a USC faculty member, best-selling author, and management consultant. He currently teaches management and leadership in the USC Executive MBA-an area rated #1 on the latest Wall Street Journal ranking of EMBA programs. He is also on the faculty at the International Centre for Leadership in Finance (ICLIF), endowed by the former prime minister of Malaysia, and on the Foundation for Medical Excellence in Portland. From 2001-2004, he served as Associate Dean of Executive Education at USC.
As senior partner at CultureSync, a management consulting firm, Dave works with governments, non-profit organizations, and Fortune 500 companies, including Qualcomm, Intel, Charles Schwab, American Express, and Prudential.
Dave is co-author of four books including Tribal Leadership and The Three Laws of Performance. His books have been on the best-sellers lists of USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Business Week.
Dave has a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication from the Annenberg School at USC.
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- Stage One: criminal clusters, such as gangs and prisons, where the theme is "life stinks," and people act out in despairingly hostile ways.
- Stage Two: the dominant culture in 25 percent of workplace tribes where people say, in effect, "my life stinks," and exhibit behavior of apathetic victims.
- Stage Three: the dominant culture in almost half of U.S. workplace tribes, where theme is "I'm great." This personally competitive cultural stage produces only limited innovation and almost no collaboration.
- Stage Four: representing 22 percent of tribal cultures, where the theme is "we're great." Stage four is the zone of Tribal Leadership where the leader upgrades the tribe as the tribe embraces the leader. Stage Four is the beginning of high performance.
- Stage Five: the culture of 2 percent of the workforce tribes, where the theme is "life is great" and people focus on realizing potential by making history. Teams at Stage Five have produced remarkable innovations, leading their industries and the economy.
In this highly interactive session, Dave Logan, best selling co-author of Tribal Leadership and The Three Laws of Performance shows executives how to upgrade their organization one stage at a time, all the way to Stage Five. The result is unprecedented impact and success.
Dave Logan is a USC faculty member, best-selling author, and management consultant. He currently teaches management and leadership in the USC Executive MBA-an area rated #1 on the latest Wall Street Journal ranking of EMBA programs. He is also on the faculty at the International Centre for Leadership in Finance (ICLIF), endowed by the former prime minister of Malaysia, and on the Foundation for Medical Excellence in Portland. From 2001-2004, he served as Associate Dean of Executive Education at USC.
As senior partner at CultureSync, a management consulting firm, Dave works with governments, non-profit organizations, and Fortune 500 companies, including Qualcomm, Intel, Charles Schwab, American Express, and Prudential.
Dave is co-author of four books including Tribal Leadership and The Three Laws of Performance. His books have been on the best-sellers lists of USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and Business Week.
Dave has a Ph.D. in Organizational Communication from the Annenberg School at USC.
Post a question now, and then join us on June 4 at 2:00 p.m. EST for a response. Or join us during the event and post a question. Dave will try to answer as many questions as possible, but may not get to all of them. Note, you do not need to register for the event. You simply need to be a member of SBOC to post a question. If you don't have a user ID, join now, it's free.
