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Walking the Talk’s first culture poll during the Covid19 crisis shows positive culture shifts

Amanda Fajak24th April 2020crisis, Culture survey, Current affairs, Empowerment, Leadership, team culture, Walking the Talk

As we learn from the world’s biggest behavioural experiment, the results of our poll this week, show that the current crisis has been a catalyst of culture shifts, and people are positive this is here to stay.

Leading culture through a crisis

Amanda Fajak17th April 2020crisis, Leadership, Leadership team, Leading culture, team culture, Walking the Talk

As you know, our focus is on culture and culture change. As with everyone, we have been navigating a big dose of change ourselves as we’ve accelerated the pace at which we utilise digital processes and ways of interacting to make sure we ca…

Communication eBook

Amanda Fajak31st May 2019Amanda Fajak, Carolyn Taylor, Communication, Jerome Parisse-Brassens, Sustainability, team culture, Walking the Talk

Walking the Talk are pleased to announce the release of our latest eBook on Communication.

How a political train crash might have been averted by Agile thinking

Amanda Fajak8th April 2019agility, Amanda Fajak, Leadership, Leading culture, team culture, Walking the Talk

Whether you voted leave or remain, 80% of us now agree that Brexit is a shambles.
There are much smarter people than me reflecting on why exactly that is the case and I am sure only history will have the answer. 
But, ever the optimi…

Cognitive and emotional cultures

Amanda Fajak26th November 2018Culture Change, Culture Defined, Jerome Parisse-Brassens, team culture, Walking the Talk

Cognitive and emotional cultures
I often get asked about the difference between cognitive and emotional cultures. Here is my take on it.

Creating a speak up environment – Four things leaders can do to improve psychological safety

Amanda Fajak7th November 2018Amanda Fajak, Empowerment, Psychology, Speaking Up, team culture, Walking the Talk

Creating an environment where people can feel psychologically safe and can speak up is fast becoming one of the main topics of conversation as I talk to HR and OD people across all industries. Why is this so? It has long been recognised tha…

Engagement “obsession” hampering workplace culture efforts

Amanda Fajak1st August 2018Culture Change, Engagement, measuring culture, Rosemarie Dentesano, team culture

When employers are too focused on measuring employee engagement, deliberate workplace culture strategies tend to fall by the wayside.

How culture improves team management

Amanda Fajak26th July 2018Carolyn Taylor, Leadership team, Leading culture, One-Team, team culture

In Europe, there’s a lot of valuable focus on “talent management”. Yesterday I asked a client for his definition of talent management, and he said “hiring and developing the best people”. He also told me that one of the big strategy consult…

Future impact of AI on culture

28th May 2018Humberto Branco, Innovation, Jerome Parisse-Brassens, Leadership, team culture

Source: Walking the Talk Walking the Talk are pleased to announce the release of our latest White Paper ‘Future impact of AI on `culture’, written and researched by Executive Directors Jerome Parisse-Brassens and Humberto Branco.   Future impact of AI on culture

Walking the Talk at HRD Summit Europe

18th May 2018Amanda Fajak, Carolyn Taylor, Engagement, Jerome Parisse-Brassens, Leadership, Leading culture, managing behaviours, measuring culture, team culture

Source: Walking the Talk  Walking the Talk will be presenting and exhibiting at the forthcoming  HRD Summit on 22nd – 23rd May at the RAI in Amsterdam.  Walking the Talk at HRD Summit Europe