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Video: Activating Organizational Values

Watch the recording of our recent 'Activating Organizational Values' webinar and learn:

Value Creation Through Talent White Paper

We are excited to share with you our latest thought leadership piece, co-authored by ZRG’s Angela Hamilton and Charles Rohaut, in

Integrating Company Cultures after a Merger

Bringing together cultures after a merger or acquisition is essential for the success of any new business entity. Depending on the nature

Webinar: Client Case Study - Vestas

We are excited to invite you to a special webinar that will showcase the impact of cultural transformation on business results at our

Implementing and Managing your Culture Plan

To turn culture aspiration into reality you need to actively manage your culture, just as you do your other business operations. In this

How to Improve Team Effectiveness

While there is no doubting the impact that talented leaders and individuals can have on culture and business performance, a great team has

Building a Culture Plan

Organisational culture can sometimes seem a nebulous concept. While you can clearly feel culture and its impacts, defining what needs to

Podcast: Cultural Contribution Series

The first episode of Carolyn Taylor's podcast series on cultural contribution is now available.

Culture Lab: Assessing talent for cultural contribution

We’re excited to announce an exclusive Culture Lab Masterclass event on ‘Assessing talent for culture contribution’ that Walking the Talk

Video: Refreshing Values

Do you feel your company values may not fully represent who you are anymore and therefore need updating? Watch Liz Stanley & Jerome

Amanda Fajak featured on the Leading Voices podcast

Amanda Fajak, CEO of Walking the Talk, and Larry Krema, Managing Director in the Real Estate Practice of ZRG, recently discussed how to

Amanda Fajak featured in Authority Magazine

Walking the Talk CEO Amanda Fajak recently shared with Authority Magazine her thoughts on the challenges of remote working and tips for

Culture Labs Masterclass Events

We’re excited to announce a series of exclusive Culture Labs Masterclass events that Walking the Talk is hosting in November. The labs are

Walking the Talk announces transition in leadership roles and appointment of new CEO

Walking the Talk, a division of ZRG, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Amanda Fajak as its new CEO, effective immediately. Having

Video: What behaviours drive inclusive cultures?

Watch Walking the Talk's Mairi Doyle talk about what behaviours drive inclusive cultures.

Video: What symbols are important for inclusive cultures?

Watch Walking the Talk's Mairi Doyle talk about what symbols are important for inclusive cultures.

White Paper: Shaping a culture of inclusion

Walking the Talk is delighted to announce the release of our 2023 white paper on 'Shaping a culture of inclusion'. One of the hottest

Video: Symbolic messages

Watch Walking the Talk's Jerome Parisse-Brassens talk about the importance of symbolic messages in company culture.

Arqiva Case Study

Watch Amanda Fajak in conversation with Shuja Khan (CEO, Arqiva), Sarah Jane Crabtree (Chief People Officer, Arqiva) and Dominic Biles

Culture Recruiting Report

We are pleased to announce that Walking the Talk have partnered with Hunt Scanlon Media for their 2023 Culture Recruiting Report.

Client case study webinar: Arqiva

Join us on Wednesday, April 26th at GMT 15.00 / CET 16.00 / EST 11.00 for a special webinar. Amanda Fajak, Executive Director of Walking

Edgar Schein (1928 – 2023)

Walking the Talk is saddened to hear of the recent passing of Edgar Schien, a true pioneer and inspirational colleague in the field of

Amanda Fajak named in list of Top 50 women leaders

We are proud to announce that Amanda Fajak, Walking the Talk's President of North America, was recently included in Women We Admire's list

Carolyn Taylor to deliver keynote at New York culture conference

We are pleased to announce that Walking the Talk's founder Carolyn Taylor will be the keynote speaker at Hunt Scanlon's forthcoming

Video: ANDRITZ's culture change journey

Watch Walking the Talk's Jerome Parisse-Brassens in conversation with ANDRITZ's culture team on how they defined and embedded a culture of

Dubai Culture Clinics

Carolyn Taylor, Founder and Chairperson of Walking the Talk, recently hosted two exclusive Culture Clinics at ZRG’s new office at the

Webinar: ANDRITZ's culture change journey

Join us on Wednesday, November 16th at GMT 12.00 / CET 13.00 / EST 07.00 for a special webinar when Jerome Parisse-Brassens, Executive

How the pandemic brought questions about purpose at work

In the new corporate scenario, employees must develop a sense of obligation and care about their colleagues and customers so as not to

Walking the Talk Expands U.S. Operations, Appoints Amanda Fajak President, North America

Walking the Talk, a ZRG company and a world leader in enhancing performance results by aligning culture with strategy, today announced the

Podcast: Recruiting & Promoting

Who you choose to fill an empty role sends such a strong message about what you truly value. In the latest Walking Your Talk Podcast,

Podcast: How to measure culture

As a special guest on The Lunchtime Series podcast, Walking the Talk's Jerome Parisse-Brassens discusses the need to understand culture,

Video: Achieving measurable outcomes through culture and strategy

Watch Cora Béghin, Vice President of Learning and Development at Sage, discuss how with Walking the Talk Sage were able to identify key

Video: Culture Conversations - Hybrid Working Environments

In this episode of ZRG's Culture Conversations, Amanda Fajak discusses the role of hybrid work arrangements on company culture in

Podcast: The Lunchtime Series

Walking the Talk's Jerome Parisse-Brassens is the special guest on the latest episode of The Lunchtime Series podcast, where he talks

Culture Conversations: Executive Coaching

Watch Walking the TalkExecutive Director Dr Liz Stanley discuss the pros and cons of executive coaching with Mary Kier, Global

Carolyn Taylor to deliver keynote on culture in New York

We are pleased to announce that Walking the Talk's Carolyn Taylor will be one of the keynote speakers at Hunt Scanlon's forthcoming

Video: Culture Conversation - Hybrid Working

Walking the Talk's Amanda Fajak talks about recruiting and onboarding in the hybrid world with ZRG's Mina Ames.

Podcast: How to anchor an agile culture (German audio only)

Walking the Talk's Bjoern Johannsmeier was a recent guest on the Astellas Pharma Deutschland - Changing Tomorrow podcast, discussing 'How

Tips for encouraging collaboration in a hybrid world

Loss of face-to-face working has made many feel isolated. People who started work during the pandemic and have only worked remotely report

Tips for empowering employees in a hybrid world

Managing productivity and performance from a distance has been difficult for many managers, whilst many employees have appreciated and

Tips for being more caring in a hybrid world

Companies who have shown caring to clients and employees during the pandemic have thrived and have seen positive culture capital built.

Video: The importance of symbols in a hybrid environment

Jerome Parisse-Brassens discusses the importance of symbols in a hybrid environment.

Tips for being more courageous in a hybrid world

Most people are operating in unchartered territory in terms of new ways of working. Flexibility, adaptability and vulnerability (i.e. “I

Managing culture in a hybrid world

Walking the Talk is excited to announce the release of our 2021 white paper on managing culture in a hybrid environment, the latest in our

Podcast: Performance Acceleration series

Accountability goes up when the right conversations occur. In the first episode of the Walking Your Talk podcast's Performance Acceleration

Video: Carolyn Taylor & Liz Stanley discuss Accountability

We are delighted to announce that Carolyn Taylor's new book, Accountability@work: How to Make and Keep Promises and Have Others Do the Same

Podcast: Trust & Accountability

Walking the Talk's Founder Carolyn Taylor was this week's guest on The Recruiting Future Podcast discussing trust and accountability.

Accountability@work book

We are delighted to announce that Carolyn Taylor's new book, Accountability@work: How to Make and Keep Promises and Have Others Do the Same

Podcast: Setting the ambition

Turning your pursuit into action is given more urgency with an ambition. In this episode, Carolyn describes different types of ambition and

Podcast: External Orientation

An external orientation is essential to truly pursue excellence, because it is only by going beyond what is familiar to you that you will

Podcast: Pursuit of excellence series

Pursuing excellence should be such a natural thing to do with a team of people, and yet it can be remarkably elusive amongst the anxieties,

Video: Astro's Culture Journey

Watch Walking the Talk's Amanda Fajak in conversation with Gavin Baxter, Astro’s Human Resources Director. Amanda and Gavin discuss Astro’s

Empowerment is the key to the digital transformation kingdom

Companies that led successful Digital Transformations realised that they had to empower their employees to be successful in the new world.

Podcast: Special Edition - Paula Harraca, ArcelorMittal

In this episode of the Walking Your Talk podcast, special guest Paula Harraca, Head of People & Innovation at Arcelor Mittal Long in

Digital Transformation: It's the whole that matters

To succeed in the AI-powered world, you not only need to be connected, you also need to embrace the greater good for the business and

Podcast: Cultural readiness for the AI transformations

Walking the Talk's Amanda Fajak recently joined Matt Adler on the Recruiting Future podcast to discuss some of the findings from our recent

Digital Transformation: A vision to create meaning

Digital Transformation without a clear vision and purpose often ends up in a simple digitalisation process, with manual processes conducted

Digital & AI: What got you here won’t get you there

A reality we all face is that today is different from yesterday and tomorrow will be different from today. What is becoming increasingly

Podcast: Prioritisation Series

The latest episode of Carolyn Taylor's Walking Your Talk Podcast on Prioritisation is now available on all podcast channels.

Tips from business leaders at the forefront of AI

One of the many challenges for organisations is that the shift to widespread adoption of AI can have consequences in both a reduction in

Tips for placing humans at the centre of Digital & AI

It would be easy to approach Digital Transformation and AI with primarily a technology lens. However, what we have learned from business

Matching words and deeds

Read Walking the Talk's founder Carolyn Taylor and Executive Director Amanda Fajak recent interview with Implenia's Employee Magazine

Patterns of an agile culture

There are four distinctive patterns of behaviour of an agile culture – customer-centricity, self-direction, experimentation and

Cracking the agile code

There’s a big difference between implementing an Agile process and having an agile culture.Watch our video to help crack the agile code.

How to influence your culture (positively)

Carolyn Taylor, Walking the Talk's Founder and Executive Chair, recently shared some inspirational ideas at the IWFM Conference in London.

Improving Accountability in your organisation

Walking the Talk's Founder Carolyn Taylor explains some of the tips to improve accountability within your organisation.

Download Research Report on Agile Culture

Walking the Talk is excited to announce the release of our 2019 research report on agile culture.

Carolyn Taylor launches Walking Your Talk podcast

The Walking Your Talk podcast (links below) is a personal development journey for listeners on authenticity, courage and leadership,

2 great books for inspiring commercial achievement

An achievement approach can add value to a company by enabling it to differentiate itself from competitors who do not offer the same

4 great books for inspiring learning

Thinking about the future? Looking for a new mindset? Want to adopt a new approach? Want to solve problems better? Here are 4 of Walking

How to influence leaders culture is more than a 'nice to have'

Maintaining a strong link to the business and having tangible measures of your company's progress will transform your culture.

5 great books for inspiring the pursuit of excellence

Thinking about the future? Looking for a new mindset? Want to adopt a new approach? Want to solve problems better? Here are 5 of Walking

7 great books for inspiring continuous Improvement

Thinking about the future? Looking for a new mindset? Want to adopt a new approach? Want to solve problems better? Here are 7 of Walking

8 great books for inspiring giving and receiving feedback

Are you looking to shift your company values? Here are 8 of Walking the Talk’s recommended books on giving and receiving feedback

7 great books for inspiring constructive challenge

Thinking about the future? Looking for a new mindset? Want to adopt a new approach? Want to solve problems better? Here are 7 of Walking

6 great books for inspiring future thinking - collaboration

Thinking about the future? Looking for a new mindset? Want to adopt a new approach? Want to solve problems better?

7 great books for inspiring business generosity

Are you looking to shift your company values and be more giving? Here are 7 of Walking the Talk’s recommended books on corporate

7 great books for inspiring focus

Here are 7 of Walking the Talk's recommended reads for inspiring focus.

7 great books for inspiring simplicity

Here are 7 of Walking the Talk's recommended simplicity reads.

How to develop your leaders as role models

We’re pleased to invite you to watch highlights of our recent webinar to learn more about leading culture. Watch Amanda Fajak, Jerome

2 great books for inspiring risk optimisation

Here are 2 of Walking the Talk's recommended risk optimisation reads.

5 great books for inspiring problem solving with customers

Here are 5 of Walking the Talk's recommended problem solving with customers reads.

3 great books for inspiring empathy with customers

A customer-centric approach can add value to a company by enabling it to differentiate itself from competitors who do not offer the same

3 great books for being market driven

A customer-centric approach can add value to a company by enabling it to differentiate itself from competitors who do not offer the same

Video: What tools can you use to assess culture?

Choosing an efficient tool depends on why you want to assess your culture - Jerome Parisse-Brassens discusses two core tools involved in

Using a survey to describe your culture

Executive Director Jerome Parisse-Brassens explains why a behavioural tool such as a survey is useful for describing your company's culture.

Why assessing culture is critical

Executive Director Jerome Parisse-Brassens delves deeper into one of the first steps of the culture transformation process. {%

How Walking the Talk's tools can assess your culture

Jerome Parisse-Brassens explores how two main tools are efficient for assessing your company's culture.

Understand why your culture is the way it is

Learn why having a methodology that is qualitative is crucial for understanding your organisation's culture.

6 great books for inspiring openness

Looking for more effective ways to create one-team? The secret is to have shared openness! Here are 3 of Walking the Talk's recommended

5 great books for inspiring holding to account approach

Here are 5 of Walking the Talk's books for inspiring holding to account approach.

3 great books for risk orientation

Here are 3 of Walking the Talk's recommended risk orientation reads.

MUFG Culture Transformation Case Study

Walking the Talk recently hosted a Culture Clinic in London, where Angus MacGregor, HR Head in EMEA and Securities Internationally at our

3 great books for inspiring responsiveness to customers

A customer-centric approach can add value to a company by enabling it to differentiate itself from competitors who do not offer the same

3 great books for inspiring shared commitment

Looking for more effective ways to create one-team? The secret is to have shared commitment orientation! Here are 3 of Walking the Talk's

8 great books for inspiring innovation

Are you looking to shift your company values and be more giving? Here are 8 of Walking the Talk’s recommended books on innovation.

Future impact of AI on culture

Walking the Talk are pleased to announce the release of our latest White Paper 'Future impact of AI on `culture'.

The crisis legacy in organisational culture

This article appears in and is reproduced with the permission of Brazil's leading financial newspaper Valor Econōmico, from the original

10 great books on success and achievement

Discover what it takes to achieve your unique definition of success. Here are 10 of Walking the Talk's recommended books on success and

Culture as a Management Practice

On February 27th Walking the Talk in Brazil hosted a breakfast session with Walking the Talk co-founder and Executive Chair Carolyn

4 great books for inspiring proactivity with customers

Looking for more effective ways to create customer confidence? The secret is to have proactive customer service! Here are 4 of Walking the

6 great books for inspiring customer-centricity

A customer-centric approach can add value to a company by enabling it to differentiate itself from competitors who do not offer the same

8 of the best books to help empower others

Looking to change your thinking? Searching for the special something inside you? Builds trust and allows decisions to be made by those

10 great books for inspiring future thinking

Thinking about the future? Looking for a new mindset? Want to adopt a new approach? Want to solve problems better? Here are 10 of Walking

10 best mindfulness books to inspire you

The acknowledgement of the power of mindfulness is becoming increasingly more commonplace in the workplace, with the likes of Google using

Culture Management: Creating a culture for safety

At Walking the Talk, we love making explanations and definitions as simple as possible. As such, we define culture as ‘the patterns of

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