Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. 

• The Power of Company Culture
  By Skip Prichard (@SkipPrichard)
  
  “A powerful culture fuels an organization to achieve greatness. When a new book by Chris Dyer titled “The Power of Company Culture: How any business can build a culture that improves productivity, performance and profits” hit my desk, I was interested to see the author’s view of culture and his interpretation of the latest research…” See more.

The Leader Differential: 5 Steps to Thrive; an Internal Communications Primer for Leaders has remained one of our more popular eBooks over the years. And because it’s a resource that you – our subscribers – know and love, we’ve gone ahead and made some updates so it remains a valuable resource for you.

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. 

• 4 Pillars of High-Trust Teams: How To Take Your Team to The Next Level
  By Randy Conley (@RandyConley), Leading with Trust
  
  “If the winningest coach in the history of college basketball says trust is a prerequisite for successful teams, then I stop to listen. But beyond the wisdom of Coach K, there is plenty of research that supports the critical role that trust plays in teams…” See more.

Slack, a popular workplace collaboration platform that allows teams to instant message each other, is changing its privacy policies this month to allow employers to more freely monitor what employees communicate, news reports say.

No one I know is more focused on best in class communications that deliver results than Rick Phillips. As Chief Communications Officer for Nationwide, Rick leads the company’s corporate communications program, serving all corporate, staff and business units within the company. He’s constantly motivating his team to think bigger, better and to ensure communications is positively impacting brand, reputation and performance. Rick offers terrific advice on a wide range of topics communicators care about, including the art of providing leaders sound and courageous advice, even when it may not be what they want to hear.

 Q&A with Rick Phillips,
Chief Communications Officer (CCO)
at Nationwide 

Welcome to my weekly round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts. 

• Organizational Trust Is the Key to Innovation
  By Kronos (@KronosInc via @hrbartender) HR Bartender
  
  “…the goal of any company should be to “innovate themselves out of business”, meaning that companies should continuously strive to develop that “thing” – whether it’s a product or service – that, if someone else created it…it would put them out of business…” See more.

What do strategy, saddles and sequins all have in common? Susan Schmitt! Susan is Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Rockwell Automation. She is leading the company’s efforts to build leadership capability and make Rockwell a place where employees are energized to do their best work and attract the very best talent. When not leading HR strategy for this global organization, she’s pursuing her other passions – horses and ballroom dancing. I’ve had the pleasure of knowing Susan for many years and watching her transform Rockwell. I’m excited for you to get to know and learn from her as well.

It’s been said that if you don’t toot your own horn, then you can’t complain when there’s no music. A bit blunt perhaps, but very true, and applicable today more than ever in the context of corporate social responsibility (CSR).

On the surface, CSR is comprised of the efforts and initiatives a company takes to assess and hold responsibility for its impact on the environment and social wellbeing at large.