Leadership Beyond Limits Resource Library

Case Study: Nedbank Banking on Values

Download Case Study Format: PDF (3 pages) – Turnaround story of a bank that took a values-based approach to their transformation. This short case study follows their cultural evolution journey over six years.

The Values-Driven Organization

Download Slide Show Format: Powerpoint – Why are values-driven organizations the most successful organizations on the planet? What do they focus on? What makes them successful? Spoiler alert: They care about the needs of their people. This slideshow explains the dramatic difference in results produced by values-driven organizations.

Seven Levels of Corporate Sustainablility

Download Article Format: PDF (9 pages) – Over the past ten years the term “sustainability” has become synonymous with “the triple bottom line”. This white paper takes a deeper look at the subject.

Jung Typology Test

This free test is based on Carl Jung’s and Isabel Briggs Myers’ typological approach to personality.

Authentic Happiness

Authentic Happiness Website – Here you can learn about Positive Psychology through readings, videos, research, surveys, opportunities and more. Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive.

Cultural Capital: A fundamental driver of financial performance

Cultural Capital: A fundamental driver of financial performance. Download Article. Format: PDF (6 pages) – This paper explores the topic of cultural capital and its relation to financial performance.

Article: A Values-Based Approach to Cultural Resilience

A Values-Based Approach to Cultural Resilience, Download Article. Format: PDF (7 pages) – This paper focuses on actions that you can take and values that you need to focus on to build the resilience of your organization.

Article: Beating the Bear Market with Engaged Employees

Download Article Format: PDF (9 pages) – Beating the Bear Market with Engaged Employees. Analysis of how savvy firms kept employees engaged during the great recession of 2008.

Creating Sustainable Success: A Model for Building and Maintaining A High Employee Engagement Culture

A Model for Building and Maintaining A High Employee Engagement Culture, Download White Paper. Format: PDF (19 pages) – This white paper is meant to give you a realistic and predictable roadmap to sustainable success by creating and maintaining a high employee engagement culture.

Article: The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave

The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave, Download Article Format: PDF (6 pages) – An effort to authoritatively document the root causes of employee disengagement and voluntary turnover. What every employer needs to know is that 95 percent of voluntary turnover–and disengagement–is avoidable.

Article: Transforming Giants

Transforming Giants: What kind of company makes it its business to make the world a better place? Download Article Format: PDF (10 pages) – 2008 HBR article on the culture transformations occurring at large global companies and the importance of shared values, principles and platforms needed to compete effectively.

Improving Your Business Through Values

Article: Improving Your Business Through Values, Download Article Format: PDF (10 pages) – Building a successful corporate culture has become the most significant source of competitive advantage and brand differentiation in business today. Our experience in mapping the values of more than 600 companies supports the statement that: Values-driven companies are the most successful companies.

Assessment: Are You a Full-Spectrum Leader?

Are You a Full-Spectrum Leader? Download Assessment Format: PDF (4 pages) – A values-based leadership self-assessment.

Article: Saving Retiring Knowledge Workers’ “Secret Sauce”

Article: Saving Retiring Knowledge Workers’ “Secret Sauce”, Download Case Study Format: PDF (14 pages) – As the baby boomer generation approaches retirement, many organizations are recognizing an impending knowledge crisis. Much of the critical expertise of their most experienced workers will soon be leaving and replacing it will be difficult if not impossible!

Article: Strategy to Action in 6 days

Strategy to Action in 6 days, Download Case Study Format: PDF (14 pages) – This article presents an approach to implementing strategic initiatives that enables an organization to go from strategy articulation to field action in only a few days–while drastically reducing implementation time.

Managing in the Knowledge Economy

Fair Process: Managing in the Knowledge Economy, Download Case Study Format: PDF (11 pages) – HBR article on the importance of Fair Process in developing the trust that is essential to high employee engagement.

Maximizing the Impact of Executive Coaching: Behavioral Change, Organizational Outcomes, and ROI

Maximizing the Impact of Executive Coaching: Behavioral Change, Organizational Outcomes, and Return on Investment, Download Article Format: PDF (9 pages) – Executive coaching, which surfaced as a leadership development practice over a decade ago, is now among the most widely used executive development techniques.

Article: The Seven Levels of Corporate Sustainability

The Seven Levels of Corporate Sustainability, Download Article Format: PDF (9 pages) – The link between high performance and a great organizational culture continues to grow. What follows is a compilation of some of the most compelling evidence of that link.

Article: The Link Between Organizational Culture And Organizational Performance

The Link Between Organizational Culture And Organizational Performance, Download Article Format: PDF (6 pages) – The link between high performance and a great organizational culture continues to grow. What follows is a compilation of some of the most compelling evidence of that link.

Article: Why Your Employees Don’t Care Whether Your Company Succeeds

Why Your Employees Don’t Care Whether Your Company Succeeds, Download Article Format: PDF (6 pages) – 2005 World Business Academy reprint on the importance of organizational purpose, shared vision and a culture of collaboration in driving high employee engagement.

Case Study: Blackhawk Healthcare

Blackhawk Healthcare Hospital finds a new life through focus on values, Download Case Study Format: PDF (3 pages) – Mangum Community Hospital – USA. This hospital was on the brink of closure, unable to keep CEOs, doctors unwilling to practice at the hospital, and people in the community unwilling to go to the facility for care.

Case Study: Methodist Hospital

Methodist Hospital Cultural Transformation at a Major Hospital, Download Case Study Format: PDF (3 pages) – The case study describes how the CTT Tools have been used in the Methodist Hospital System to secure significant performance improvements.