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Culture Fix: How to Create a Great Place to Work
The playbook for building a great culture
Culture is the key to success for every organisation, but what do great cultures do and what makes them successful? In Culture Fix, author Colin D Ellis shows you how to change the way you do things and create a winning culture that will keep your organisation relevant today and into the future.
No matter your business, industry or country, your culture's success depends on the emotional intelligence and engagement of people within it. Whether you're a CEO, a manager, or a team leader, this comprehensive playbook provides everything you need to build self-motivating teams capable of delivering great value and great employee experiences for your organisation.
Many organisations lack the knowledge for creating cultures that are uniquely suited for their people. Culture Fix offers real-world solutions to problems of culture change in organisations and teams of all types and sizes.
build an aspirational vision for your organisation or team create a set of values that mean something enhance the communication between your people adopt the mindsets and behaviours for a successful culture create the right environment for innovation and creativity. Practical, insightful, honest and funny, Culture Fix: How to create a great place to work will show you how to create a workplace where great people can accomplish great things.
Culture is the key to success for every organisation, but what do great cultures do and what makes them successful? In Culture Fix, author Colin D Ellis shows you how to change the way you do things and create a winning culture that will keep your organisation relevant today and into the future.
No matter your business, industry or country, your culture's success depends on the emotional intelligence and engagement of people within it. Whether you're a CEO, a manager, or a team leader, this comprehensive playbook provides everything you need to build self-motivating teams capable of delivering great value and great employee experiences for your organisation.
Many organisations lack the knowledge for creating cultures that are uniquely suited for their people. Culture Fix offers real-world solutions to problems of culture change in organisations and teams of all types and sizes.
build an aspirational vision for your organisation or team create a set of values that mean something enhance the communication between your people adopt the mindsets and behaviours for a successful culture create the right environment for innovation and creativity. Practical, insightful, honest and funny, Culture Fix: How to create a great place to work will show you how to create a workplace where great people can accomplish great things.
- GenresBusiness
304 pages, Paperback
Published September 30, 2019
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About the author
Colin D. Ellis
7 books15 followers'Colin is one of the world's foremost authorities on workplace culture.'
Colin D Ellis is a global workplace culture expert sought after by organisations around the world to help them build vibrant, high-performance cultures.
He acutely recognizes trends in working culture early to help others understand how to apply these in the work that they do - regardless of industry or country. Colin's approach is to provide his clients with the knowledge and skills that they need in order to be able to build and evolve vibrant cultures for themselves.
He has worked with almost 100 different cultures in almost 20 countries. His clients organisations such as Red Bull, Microsoft, Cisco, the US House of Representatives, Dutch Olympic Team, IAG Insurance, Amgen and KPMG.
He is the author of five best-selling books, including the award-winning “Project Book: The Complete Guide to Consistently Delivering Great Projects”, “Culture Fix: How to Create a Great Place to Work" and “Detox Your Culture: Deliver results, retain staff, and strengthen your organization's reputation”. He is a regular speaker at conferences and events around the world, and has been featured in media outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Sky News and the BBC.
Originally from the UK, Colin now travels globally to deliver his programs and speeches. He enjoys coffee, a single malt whisky and still allows his football team Everton to ruin his weekend. His ambition is to help Everton to regain their rightful status at the top of the Premier League!
For more information on working with Colin head to www.colindellis.com or email the team at hello@colindellis.com.
Colin D Ellis is a global workplace culture expert sought after by organisations around the world to help them build vibrant, high-performance cultures.
He acutely recognizes trends in working culture early to help others understand how to apply these in the work that they do - regardless of industry or country. Colin's approach is to provide his clients with the knowledge and skills that they need in order to be able to build and evolve vibrant cultures for themselves.
He has worked with almost 100 different cultures in almost 20 countries. His clients organisations such as Red Bull, Microsoft, Cisco, the US House of Representatives, Dutch Olympic Team, IAG Insurance, Amgen and KPMG.
He is the author of five best-selling books, including the award-winning “Project Book: The Complete Guide to Consistently Delivering Great Projects”, “Culture Fix: How to Create a Great Place to Work" and “Detox Your Culture: Deliver results, retain staff, and strengthen your organization's reputation”. He is a regular speaker at conferences and events around the world, and has been featured in media outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Sky News and the BBC.
Originally from the UK, Colin now travels globally to deliver his programs and speeches. He enjoys coffee, a single malt whisky and still allows his football team Everton to ruin his weekend. His ambition is to help Everton to regain their rightful status at the top of the Premier League!
For more information on working with Colin head to www.colindellis.com or email the team at hello@colindellis.com.
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October 13, 2019
Colin Ellis’ Culture Fix: How to Create a Great Place to Work is one of the handiest tomes released in recent memory tackling the ever-relevant subject of establishing and maintaining a healthy workplace culture. Companies and organizations of various sizes and types will find this to be a valuable reference tool for informing their efforts thanks to the three decades plus of experience Ellis brings to the table. He is a well-traveled international speaker, bestselling author, and a respected voice on the subject of leadership and culture who has worked with countless organizations and companies throughout the world. His public appearances are well known for being as entertaining as they are informative and Ellis brings the same distinctive mix to bear on Culture Fix. The book is all the better for it and makes it one of the best reads on this topic.
AUTHOR WEBSITE: http://www.colindellis.com/
Ellis begins the book from a position of personal experience. His preface discusses how he longed for a book such as this when first beginning his professional career and how the lack of such a text left him incredulous. Instead, Ellis endured a throng of workshops designed to encourage team-building that, in the end, did anything but and goes on to offer readers advice about how they can approach his contribution to the subject.
Ellis believes readers never need to read the book from first page to last in order to glean the necessary information but, instead, can dip into it as they like and still take away valuable insights. He swats down naysayers who claim his vision for an effective organizational culture isn’t useful for their particular needs by pointing out such thinking invariably embraces short-term ideas over long range goals. It’s an excellent opening for the work.
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fix-cr...
Ellis makes a key point by emphasizing the omnipresent nature of culture in our everyday lives. It isn’t doesn’t manifest itself in organizational settings alone but, instead, reaches out to touch all areas of our life – the boardroom, classroom, sports team, and tight knit communities manifest culture in a multitude of ways. There is no single formula for what constitutes a winning or successful culture, but there are basic essentials any discerning observer will be able to identify and the lessons gleaned from those observations have universal applicable. When team members are surrounded by like-minded individuals pursuing a common goal and perpetuating mutual respect, a sense of empowerment to make decisions and joy in the shared experience of working together elevates the entire enterprise.
Ellis breaks down his philosophy regarding culture into six pillars. These pillars form the structure of Culture Fix and provide readers with a lucid and well-spoken roadmap that draws from Ellis’ experience as well as other texts on the topic and examples, for good and ill, other companies and organizations offer. Culture Fix: How to Create a Great Place to Work documents its sources in a thorough fashion and “speaks” to readers in a conversational manner that makes the book feel like an one-on-one exchange with Ellis. It is a rewarding work on every level.
AUTHOR WEBSITE: http://www.colindellis.com/
Ellis begins the book from a position of personal experience. His preface discusses how he longed for a book such as this when first beginning his professional career and how the lack of such a text left him incredulous. Instead, Ellis endured a throng of workshops designed to encourage team-building that, in the end, did anything but and goes on to offer readers advice about how they can approach his contribution to the subject.
Ellis believes readers never need to read the book from first page to last in order to glean the necessary information but, instead, can dip into it as they like and still take away valuable insights. He swats down naysayers who claim his vision for an effective organizational culture isn’t useful for their particular needs by pointing out such thinking invariably embraces short-term ideas over long range goals. It’s an excellent opening for the work.
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/Culture-Fix-cr...
Ellis makes a key point by emphasizing the omnipresent nature of culture in our everyday lives. It isn’t doesn’t manifest itself in organizational settings alone but, instead, reaches out to touch all areas of our life – the boardroom, classroom, sports team, and tight knit communities manifest culture in a multitude of ways. There is no single formula for what constitutes a winning or successful culture, but there are basic essentials any discerning observer will be able to identify and the lessons gleaned from those observations have universal applicable. When team members are surrounded by like-minded individuals pursuing a common goal and perpetuating mutual respect, a sense of empowerment to make decisions and joy in the shared experience of working together elevates the entire enterprise.
Ellis breaks down his philosophy regarding culture into six pillars. These pillars form the structure of Culture Fix and provide readers with a lucid and well-spoken roadmap that draws from Ellis’ experience as well as other texts on the topic and examples, for good and ill, other companies and organizations offer. Culture Fix: How to Create a Great Place to Work documents its sources in a thorough fashion and “speaks” to readers in a conversational manner that makes the book feel like an one-on-one exchange with Ellis. It is a rewarding work on every level.
December 26, 2019
The best part about this book is at the end of each chapter is an action plan. So not only does the author tell you about the what and the why, but he gives you realistic next steps on the how.
February 7, 2021
Book 11 of 40. I just finished ‘Culture Fix’ by Colin D Ellis and I give it a full 5 stars.
Colin explains what culture is, how to assess it, how to categorise it and the six strategic pillars that make up a great culture. There is value on each page and the References lead you to develop a list of other great reads.
The Quadrant categorises culture based on level of Engagement and EQ. The perfect culture for the modern work environment is ‘Vibrant’, high engagement and EQ - strong, cohesive, respectful and high-achieving teams. Take the high Engagement away and you risk a ‘Pleasant’ culture - indecisiveness, ideas but no result and endless discussion on how to work together.
Leaders must be ‘the change they want to see’ and we must strive for Cognitive Diversity as much as Cultural & Ethnic Diversity.
38 books read since August and it’s starting to feel like most advice is common sense.
Colin explains what culture is, how to assess it, how to categorise it and the six strategic pillars that make up a great culture. There is value on each page and the References lead you to develop a list of other great reads.
The Quadrant categorises culture based on level of Engagement and EQ. The perfect culture for the modern work environment is ‘Vibrant’, high engagement and EQ - strong, cohesive, respectful and high-achieving teams. Take the high Engagement away and you risk a ‘Pleasant’ culture - indecisiveness, ideas but no result and endless discussion on how to work together.
Leaders must be ‘the change they want to see’ and we must strive for Cognitive Diversity as much as Cultural & Ethnic Diversity.
38 books read since August and it’s starting to feel like most advice is common sense.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 24, 2020
Another outstanding and pragmatic reading from Colin D. Ellis. I've learned a lot from The Project Book that this title was immediately added to my wishlist.. Following the same writing style, with no bullshit around it, Colin covers both corporate success and failure stories to illustrate the importance of culture for business development, talent happiness and retention, and increased performance.
Straightforward, well structured, and funny, I do recommend it to everyone curious about organisational culture
Straightforward, well structured, and funny, I do recommend it to everyone curious about organisational culture
December 8, 2020
Any book by Colin Ellis is heavy with research and case studies, and this one is no exception. It is a substantial treatise on how to guide culture change. It's incredibly readable with easy take away actions and key points highlighted.
This is a great and solid guide to culture change.
This is a great and solid guide to culture change.
April 3, 2025
Easy / light read. The book introduces some new ideas for consideration, but I can't shift the thought that the concept(s) introduced are lacking the level of detail on how to elevate and execute them.
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