Core Values Exercises

January 11, 2011

What would it be like to work in a place where you could experience and express your core values every day? People in effective organizational cultures are deeply rooted in their own personal core values, and respect and honor the core values of the other people they work with. Since core values are the foundation [...]

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CEO revitalized his company’s culture through Holiday donations (case study)

January 11, 2011

Mark Laufer is the CEO of an International Logistics and Supply Chain Management company that employs about 140 people. Mark recently read Tribal Leadership and took the Tribal Leadership Intensive program we offer. While Mark was in the course he implemented a project in his company that was a twist on how most firms distribute [...]

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How a Coach becomes a Leader?

January 6, 2011

Many consultants and coaches are great at giving advice and talking about leadership, but how many are actually great leaders themselves? Using Tribal Leadership, John King has developed a way that transforms consultants and coaches into leaders, too. CultureSync has turned out dozens of coaches and consultants in the past year that we can now [...]

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Leadership during the Holidays (Top 10)

December 24, 2010

Many people habitually “check out” during the Holidays and then “wake up” again well into the New Years. On this call, people “checked in” and set themselves up for a great Holiday Season. Leaders on the call explored how they were going to bring leadership to deepen and enliven their relationships with family and friends. [...]

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Tribal Executive Interview 1/5/2010

January 1, 2010

To Executives and Business Leaders: “What if you entire organization rallied behind the ideal strategy and direction for 2010, the market responded to your offerings, and your company’s strong culture attracted and retained top talent?” This call has passed. Download RECORDING OF CALL here. Join the Tribal Executive call this week when John King (CultureSync’s [...]

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Zappos.com: Stabilizing at Stage Four

August 20, 2008

UPDATE: If you’d like to learn the techniques to creating a killer culture, Zappos has published the audio version of Tribal Leadership, available for FREE. We had the wonderful experience spending a day at Zappos.com, the world’s biggest online shoe store. They have truly perfected the art of culture. Not only are their core values [...]

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The connection between employee happiness and great returns

July 2, 2008

Finally we’re seeing the mainstream media covering companies that show a direct correlation between company culture and revenue. In TIME’s recent article How to Succeed? Make Employees Happy, John Mackey of WholeFoods and Kip Tindell of the Container Store talk about the importance of an employee-focused culture, over the focus on shareholder value. If you [...]

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Zappos.com is loving Tribal Leadership

June 22, 2008

Zappos.com CEO Tony Hsieh just finished Tribal Leadership, and loved it, as we see on his twitter. We’re going to visit them in July and talk about how we can build Stage four and five cultures in many companies. Do you think your company has the potential to be at Stage Five? Let us know.

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Stuart Varney…an unsuccessful ambush

April 24, 2008

What a week on YouTube. The video became the #3 most watched news item. Dave went on really believing this was going to be a discussion about the book but Stuart Varney of Fox turned it into a personal attack. But Dave gets him in the end.

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Worst Five Ways to Fire Someone

April 3, 2008

If you have never been fired, then you either work at a Stage Two company where under-achieving is rewarded, or you’ve chosen not to be completely honest when your boss says, “Do you have any feedback for me?” Odds are that at some point you: •    “Did not see eye-to-eye with management.” •    “Chose to [...]

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