Yohn - Fusion: how integrating brand and culture powers the worlds greatest companies

FUSION

How Integrating Brand and Culture Powers the Worlds Greatest Companies

D ENISE L EE Y OHN

First published in 2018 by Nicholas Brealey Publishing
An imprint of John Murray Press

An Hachette U.K. company

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Names: Yohn, Denise Lee, 1967 author.

Title: Fusion: how integrating brand and culture powers the worlds greatest companies / Denise Lee Yohn.

Description: Boston, MA: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2018.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017053694 (print) | LCCN 2017054553 (ebook) | ISBN 9781473676992 (ebook) | ISBN 9781473677043 (library ebook) | ISBN 9781473676985 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Branding (Marketing) | AdvertisingSocial aspects. | Brand name products.

Classification: LCC HF5415.1255 (ebook) | LCC HF5415.1255 .Y63 2018 (print) | DDC 658.8/27dc23

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Leaders everywhere are trying to build great brands, but few realize how powerfully brands are shaped by the cultures of their organizations. This compelling book shows how to connect the image you present to the outside world with the values and norms that operate inside your world of work.

Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling
author of Originals and Give and Take

Denise Lee Yohn hit a home run with her first book, What Great Brands Do. Now shes written FUSION and it is just as provocative. Denise proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that great companies are powered by brand-culture fusion. I highly recommend this book!

Ken Blanchard, Coauthor, The New One Minute Manager,
Coeditor, Servant Leadership in Action

Denise Lee Yohns FUSION should be on every business leaders reading list. It provides the much-needed antidote to the culture and leadership crisis corporate America is experiencing.

Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50
#1 Leadership Thinker in the World

Denise Lee Yohns extensive research, insightful analysis, and gift of storytelling make FUSION a practical and inspiring guide to building a great brand and a great culture.

Philip Kotler, S.C. Johnson & Son Distinguished
Professor of International Marketing,
Kellogg School of Management

Denise Lee Yohn is back with another breakthrough! FUSION cracks the code on culture-building and reveals how outstanding companies use their corporate cultures as a competitive advantage. Its a must-read!

Verne Harnish, Founder, Entrepreneurs Organization (EO),
Author, Scaling Up (Rockefeller Habits 2.0)

Few really know how to create an outstanding corporate culture. Denise Lee Yohn takes you behind the scenes at some of the worlds greatest organizations and pulls the curtain back on the strategies that enable them to attract and motivate the best talent.

Tiffani Bova, Growth and Innovation Evangelist, Salesforce

I have spent a lifetime creating and building brands based on ideas-based leadership cultures. FUSION explains it all. Bravo Denise.

Kevin Roberts, Author, Lovemarks

The relationship between internal and external brands and culture is a relevant topic which Denise Lee Yohn has thoroughly explored. FUSION presents great ideas and examples that can provide any leader or company an opportunity to rethink the way they go to market.

Mark Levy, former global head of
Employee Experience, Airbnb

Denise Lee Yohn has an uncanny knack for pulling the curtain back on the strategies that enable todays most-successful companies to consistently produce market-leading results. If youre an executive or leader who wants to take your organization to the very top, then you owe it to yourself to read this book and then share the lessons you learn with your team.

Peter Economy, Inc.coms The Leadership Guy

FUSION tackles one of the most important and surprising aspects of a strong brand: company culture. Yohn builds a compelling case that will make leaders everywhere want to achieve brand-culture fusion. Highly-recommended!

Skip Prichard, Author, The Book of Mistakes,
and Leadership Insights blogger

Denise is the first brand expert to bridge two powerful, yet apparently disconnected areas of business and management: Culture & Brand... FUSION is a history-making book, an essential read for every businessperson driving change.

Eduardo P. Braun, leadership expert, Author,
People First Leadership

For Chris

Expressing gratitude is always difficult for me because words never seem sufficient to convey my deeply felt thanks, but I would like to try to acknowledge some of the people who have helped me in my journey of writing this book. And if I fail to mention you, please know that your importance to me is greater than my forgetfulness.

Im particularly grateful to Steve Morris as well as Ross Blankenship, Eduardo Braun, Lucy Gill-Simmen, Darci Poole, Mark Tomaszewicz, and Marnie Wilson for your instrumental help in reviewing my manuscript, assessment tool, and/or contributing to the content of this book substantively. Im blown away by your generosity and insight.

Thank you to Martin Bishop, Barbara Cave Henricks, Peter Economy, Peter Fader, Annette Franz-Gleinicki, Kate Goodison, Verne Harnish, Juliana Smith Holterhaus, Zach Johnson, Sarah Marrs, Karen Murphy, Yvonne Nomizu, Christina Stahler, Jackie Waldorph, Curt Swindoll, and Nick Wiik for helping me with content, connections, and counsel.

The people who graciously allowed me to interview them for this book deserve my sincere appreciation: Stephan Aarstol, Alejandro Asrin, Vivienne Bechtold, Tina Chong, Jana De Anda, Rachelle Diamond, Arndt Ellinghorst, Jennifer Forman, Eric Jackson, MG Kristian, Kenzie Leas, Nicole Leverich, Mark Levy, Jeff Lindeman, Bryan Miles, Monique Mulbry, Garry Ridge, Scott Sabin, Gillian Smith, Rachelle Snook, Patricio Supervielle, Brian Takumi, Lilian Tomovich, Ari Weinzweig, Ardine Williams, and Darin Yates.