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Successful Mergers and Acquisitions: Focus on Culture, Not Bottom Lines
Throughout this month, we’ve focused on topics stemming from the truism ‘When in Rome’. In Jessica Milloy’s blog introducing us to the phrase, our Chief Operating Officer describes its widespread interpretation as “you should adapt to the environment in which you find yourself”. But what happens when Rome isn’t where your employees want to find themselves? (And…
Quick Question: Are you actively managing your company’s culture?
As discussed in our first blog this month (“When in Rome”—Recognizing and Adapting to Organizational Culture), an organization’s culture is “a living, breathing, evolving aspect of an organization that differentiates it from other, otherwise similar organizations.” The culture of any organization is impacted by a set of intentional actions as well as the unintentional norms…
Fitting in Like a Puzzle Piece: FMP’s Culture from the Perspective of New Hires
In last week’s blog, we introduced the truism “when in Rome…”, which suggests being flexible and adapting yourself to the customs and values of the people around you. Building off of that discussion, I wanted to explore culture from the perspective of new hires- using my recent experience and that of two other new FMPers. While…
“When in Rome”- Recognizing and Adapting to Organizational Culture
This month we’re exploring the truism ‘when in Rome…’ which is generally taken to mean that you should adapt to the environment in which you find yourself, whether traveling or just in unfamiliar territory. It also implies that you should suspend typical opinions or concerns (to a point- no one would argue that it’s a…
Innovative Ideas for Giving
You Can Be a Super Hero! Admit it, there’s something inside of each one of us that longs to be Peter Parker or Wonder Woman, right? I mean, really, don’t honestly tell me that never in your lifetime have you dreamt about shooting spider webs out of your wrists or using bulletproof bracelets and a magic…
Practicing Gratitude This Season
November’s blogs have focused on giving, and topics so far have ranged from corporate social responsibility to how FMP gives back through our charity team. This week we are expanding that theme to focus on methods to practice gratitude, and a summary of what we’re grateful for here at FMP. Practicing Gratitude This Season Thanksgiving is…