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-Leaders at UC Berkeley Haas don’t just follow paths that have been created before them. They see new possibilities and create new opportunities that did not exist before. Haas alumni include pathbending leaders like:
-John Hanke, MBA 96, who gave people everywhere easy access to virtual models of the planet by leading the evolution of Google Earth, Maps, and Street View.
-Margo Alexander, BS 68, who blazed a trail for women in finance, becoming one of the most senior women on Wall Street as CEO and chairman of UBS Global Asset Management.
-Patrick Awuah, EWMBA 99, who launched Ashesi University in 2002 as the first Ivy League-style liberal arts college in his native Ghana.
(Video footage: Extreme Leadership in the Andes MBA course with Professor Omri Even-Tov; course co-created by Professor & Dean Jenny Chatman.)
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-Leaders at UC Berkeley Haas don’t just follow paths that have been created before them. They see new possibilities and create new opportunities that did not exist before. Haas alumni include pathbending leaders like:
-John Hanke, MBA 96, who gave people everywhere easy access to virtual models of the planet by leading the evolution of Google Earth, Maps, and Street View.
-Margo Alexander, BS 68, who blazed a trail for women in finance, becoming one of the most senior women on Wall Street as CEO and chairman of UBS Global Asset Management.
-Patrick Awuah, EWMBA 99, who launched Ashesi University in 2002 as the first Ivy League-style liberal arts college in his native Ghana.
(Video footage: Extreme Leadership in the Andes MBA course with Professor Omri Even-Tov; course co-created by Professor & Dean Jenny Chatman.)
Explore Berkeley Haas: https://haas.berkeley.edu/
Explore our Degree Programs: https://haas.berkeley.edu/programs
Career Outcomes: https://haas.berkeley.edu/careers
Student Life: https://haas.berkeley.edu/student-life
Events & Campus Visits: https://haas.berkeley.edu/visit
Connect with Admissions: https://haas.berkeley.edu/contact
Follow us:
YouTube: @BerkeleyHaas
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/school/berkeley-haas
Instagram: instagram.com/berkeleyhaas
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![Episode 3: How to Manage the Tricky World of Subcultures
Is it better for an organization to have one unified culture or a collection of mini ones? What are the benefits and drawbacks of each approach?
Organizational culture experts Jenny Chatman and Sameer Srivastava are back with more research insights, real-world examples, and tips for company leaders, this time about the complex world of subcultures.
Do you have a vexing question about work that you want Jenny and Sameer to answer? Submit your “Fixit Ticket”: https://forms.gle/mxt7gBpRFqy4e52z5
Find the full transcript and learn more about the podcast at https://haas.berkeley.edu/culture/culture-kit-podcast/.
*Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is a production of Haas School of Business and is produced by University FM.*
Jenny & Sameer’s 3 Main Takeaways:
1. Awareness – know what subcultures exist within the organization and anticipate the possibility that they conflict in dysfunctional ways.
2. Agility – be willing to try out different cultural priorities. Before deciding that the counterculture is necessarily problematic you should look at what it is solving for.
3. Alignment – prioritize one cultural norm that applies to all units and unifies the organization rather than trying to be perfectly aligned on everything.
Show Links:
• The Role of Subcultures in Agile Organizations (https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781410607508-7/role-subcultures-agile-organizations-alicia-boisnier-jennifer-chatman) [Leading and Managing People in the Dynamic Organization]
• Maersk: Driving Culture Change at a Century-Old Company to Achieve Measurable Results (https://cases.haas.berkeley.edu/2024/04/maersk/) [Berkeley Haas Case Series]
• Identifying Organizational Subcultures: An Empirical Approach (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1467-6486.00081) [Journal of Management Studies]
• A Language-Based Method for Assessing Symbolic Boundaries (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00491241221099555?casa_token=KF7SZuuHzuYAAAAA%3AOzSi2bmunVaYA72M8aIqq7ZT-kdtOWhBa3_AziQ5aQhMY-jbovaPFM31f7PDFbWGj4VhcAe75Bc) [Sociological Methods & Research]
• The Lasting Leadership Lessons From The Challenger Disaster (https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelperegrine/2021/01/24/the-lasting-leadership-lessons-from-the-challenger-disaster/?sh=55b6875261c3) [Forbes]
• 5 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation in Your Organisation (https://www.salesforce.com/eu/blog/5-ways-to-create-a-culture-of-innovation-in-your-organisation/) [Salesforce Blog]
*The Culture Kit with Jenny & Sameer is a production of Haas School of Business and is produced by University FM.* Episode 3: How to Manage the Tricky World of Subcultures](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uAVrMP_6p3I/mqdefault.jpg)




