Curt Coffman - Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch: The Secret of Extraordinary Results, Igniting the Passion Within

Praise for CULTURE EATS STRATEGY

Culture is the most often overlooked source of competitive advantage. Curt Coffman and Kathie Sorensens cutting edge research defines what constitutes a winning culture, and provides a powerful prescription for creating and sustaining it.

-Kenneth W. Freeman, Allen Questrom Professor and Dean, Boston University School of Management and former Chairman and CEO of Quest Diagnostics

Culture is probably the least understood element when an Organization undergoes a Change Management program. This book clearly explains why it should be the best understood element and offers very practical and pragmatic advice to help you get there. The anecdotes and stories etc. provide very relatable and recognizable examples that enable you to steer Leadership teams in the right direction. A quick but thorough read backed up with supportive data that makes the case for why understanding the culture leads to a highly engaged workforce.

-George Borst, President and CEO, Toyota Financial Services

In this well-written, common sense book, Coffman & Sorensen demystify how to build a high performance culture. Filled with practical suggestions about what to do and how to do it as well as diagnostic questions to help you think through the process, Culture shows to unlock the vast, untapped human potential in all organizations.

-Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University and coauthor of The Knowing-Doing Gap

The importance of ones corporate culture to the lifeblood of a company is undeniable, yet so evasive: What is that magical spark to ignite your employees passions in the office and create a truly magical place to work? Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch goes a long way towards answering those questions and unlocking the true passions and potential of your workforce.

-Jim Miller. VP of World Wide Operations, Google

Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch outlines a practical call to action that reminds us when it comes to culture, there are no spectators. Every individual has a role to play in the care and feeding of a workplace that invites a sense of belonging. This is really a story about creating a differentiated experience.

Robb Webb, Chief Human Resource Officer, Hyatt Hotels Corporation

Culture is a conversation, led by leaders, about what the company values and how things are done around here. In this remarkable book, Curt & Kathie will show you how to shape, leap and refine the conversation to produce a winning culturewhich is the key to your organizations long term survival.

-Tim Sanders, former Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo! and author of Love Is the Killer App: How To Win Business and Influence Friends

Coffman & Sorensen make a definitive case that real culture change can only come about through a combination of a head and heart approach. Unless the head is connected to a heart which is stimulated and pumping there can be no change in performance. Attempting to lead change without reading Coffman & Sorensen is like studying English without reading Shakespeare.

-Michael Hickey, SVP Delta Point, former President, AstraZeneca NL and VP, Sales AstraZeneca US

Many believe that organizational culture is as complex as writing software code and as dull as watching paint dry. Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch proves both beliefs are false. This book is full of great ideas that will stimulate your thinking and help you improve your culture. Coffman and Sorensen are culture architects who give you a blueprint based on what the best companies have done and what you need to do to create a competitive culture.

-Mark Sanborn, President of Sanborn & Associates, Inc. and best-selling author of Fred Factor, You Dont Need A Title To Be A Leader and Fred 2.0

This book will get the busiest of leader-readers to stop and think, nod in agreement, dog-ear pages and turn to others to converse about it. The authors are not just deeply experienced consultants and researchers but they are elegant wordsmiths as well. I loved their examples, analogies, twists-of-the-tongue, titles, recommendations and provocative questions. In an age of immense competition in the marketplace, this book holds a secret for those who dont just read but actually implement the suggestions offered, moving you from knowing to doing.

-Beverly Kaye, Ph.D., Founder, Career Systems Intl.; co-author of the bestselling books, Love Em or Lose Em and Help Them Grow or Watch Them Go

This book has ignited my passion and Im making a bigger difference throughout my organization. It has made my job easier (and our customers like us more!) This is a definitive how-to-book for high performance culture.

-Bob Donegan, CEO, Classic Brands and former President Canada, Tupperware Brands

Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch is especially relevant in the world of health care. The cultures in which people live and work have a profound impact on the quality of their physical and psychological well-being. Similarly, the culture within medical facilities can be a powerful force for healing or a source of great anxiety. I recommend Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch for all healthcare leaders who want to create a positive culture and engage the hearts and minds of their patients, staff and physicians.

-Richard Abrams, M.D., Founder & Director, Colorado Preventive Medicine

Based on years of solid research, and grounded with experience and practical examples Culture sets the standard for building a high performance environment. Proving the old adage that you cant fatten the cow by simply weighing it every day, the authors describe a path to the daily behaviors necessary to build and develop an engaged and productive organization. They help all of us know that it is not enough to simply believe but that we must participate.

-Mick Zangari, Ph.D., Sr. Managing Partner, CEG Worldwide; Director of Sales, Olsson Associates

This book gets it as it relates to what truly drives successful organizations. Culture needs to be defined, created and managed continuously from organizational leaders daily, to really set an organization apart from others strategically. My head was nodding in continuous agreement with the many thoughts and ideas articulated in the book on ways to enhance a companys success through culture.

-Mark Kime, former President and Chairman of On Deck Capital

From anecdotes to appendices, case studies to connecting points, Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch has it all. The books authors ask us to examine our companies closely to determine where and how weve fallen short. And they give us the necessary tools to fine-tune individual and organizational capabilities.

-Marshall Goldsmith, author of the New York Times best sellers, MOJO and What Got You Here Wont Get You There; the Thinkers50 Leadership Award for Most-Influential Leadership Thinker in the World

Organizations put so much focus on brand what we want to stand for in the hearts and minds of our customers. However, if our employees do not have a common set of beliefs and values, the brand simply cannot achieve its strategic goals.

-Laurie Wooden, Chief Marketing and Development Officer, Hostelling International; formerly VP of New Business Innovation and Brand Strategy, The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company