A positive, aligned organizational culture is easy to recognize: Productivity soars, employees are satisfied and empowered, processes are clear and effective — in short, everything seems just to hum ...

Think of individual workplaces as their own countries, each governed by a specific set of social norms and ways of operating. Just as you wouldn’t travel to Japan expecting the same way of life as you ...

Katherine Haan, MBA, is a Senior Staff Writer for Forbes Advisor and a former financial advisor turned international bestselling author and business coach. For more than a decade, she’s helped small ...