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We all want an exceptional workplace culture that delivers better results and higher employee engagement. We know that companies with weak or average cultures struggle to attract and retain top talent. But culture change seems daunting—it feels time-consuming, risky, and difficult to manage. The real problem, however, is that we’re not seeing the invisible patterns inside our culture that make culture change so hard. The truth is, you can create a stronger, more resilient culture by uncovering your patterns and solving the problems they create—all in a matter of months, not years.

Between the decline of modern management, the social media shift of power toward individuals, and the ascent of the millennial generation into leadership roles, companies of all shapes and sizes are facing a future that they are ill-equipped to handle. Successful companies, on the other hand, are shifting to embrace four key capacities that will drive the future of business: digital, clear, fluid, and fast. Drawing on both cutting-edge case studies and research on millennials in the workplace, you ll learn how to successfully apply these four capacities.

Unlock the True Potential of Your WorkforceIf you want your organization to start meeting and exceeding the expectations you have for it, then you need to address the problem of your disengaged workforce. The challenge, however, is that the business world has misunderstood the concept of employee engagement, thus our efforts have been failing—despite years of effort and billions of dollars spent. In this refreshing new book, future-of-work experts Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter reveal a new path for tapping into the power of your people in ways that produce tangible, measurable results.

A podcast about the intersection of culture, technology and strategy in an ever-evolving digital world. Hosted by Maddie Grant, co-founder of the culture design firm PROPEL and Rick Bawcum, CEO of IT strategy firm Cimatri, discussing trending issues relevant to the association industry, in which they have decades of deep expertise.

Knowing the tools of social media is vital for successful marketing these days, but the real promise of social media is the way it can teach us a new way of doing business. Humanize takes the principles underlying social media's growth and applies them to the way we lead and manage our organizations. Leading organizational consultants Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant help you change your organization, from the culture down to individual behavior, in ways that make it more human - and more effective.

Written for the complicated and quirky world of associations and membership organizations, Open Community is about how associations can - and why they should - build community online. Grant and Dreyer provide a practical analysis of the strategic, structural, and cultural issues membership organizations face when using social media to build community.