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The Value Proposition of Culture

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Abstract

Your company is going to have a culture one way or another. Your company may develop a culture of fear, paranoia, and political infighting, or it may develop a culture of mutual trust, productivity, and fulfillment. While you cannot dictate the culture of your company, you have massive influence over the direction in which it progresses.

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  1. Kenneth Roman, The King of Madison Avenue: David Ogilvy and the Making of Modern Advertising (New York: Palgrave Macmillan Kindle Edition, 2010), Kindle Locations 3318–3320.

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  4. Leo Burnett, Communications of an Advertising Man: Selections from the Speeches, Articles, Memoranda, and Miscellaneous Writings of Leo Burnett (Chicago: Leo Burnett Privately Printed, 1961), p. 81

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Webb, R. (2015). The Value Proposition of Culture. In: Agency. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-50122-6_4

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