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Are you looking for a good example action planning? Take a look at Turning Results into Action: Action Planning at Henkel. Or maybe you want to read about a turnaround. Give Change Over Time a try. Would you like to read about how leadership development made an impact? There are many to choose from! Our Case Study series features first-hand accounts of how organizations have moved the needle and improved their performance. Check back often - we're adding more all the time!

Our most recent addition is from Sutter Connect. Sutter Connect is a leading health care administrative services company who has striven to "live" the behaviors and practices of the Denison model in their day-to-day work lives. Managing culture, for them is not a one time event, but a daily occurrence. Read more about their story in "Sutter Connect: Cultivating Culture at the Start."

Title Type Author Resource Type Year Size
Culture & Leadership Development: Aligning Strategy & People Using the Denison Leadership Development Survey and Organizational Culture Survey, this manufacturer was able to tie a successful development into their annual goal setting processes. .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2009 430.96 KB
Top-Down & Bottom-Up: Leadership & Culture Transformation at SERS School Employees Retirement System of Ohio manages more than $9 Billion in assets for their members. See how they transformed their organization by balancing top-down and bottom-up management. .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2009 1.36 MB
Sutter Connect: Cultivating Culture at the Start Many organizations turn to Denison Consulting when they recognize a problem. Sutter Connect stands out because they set out to cultivate and manage culture as a critical aspect of managing their business early on in the company’s life. .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2009 1.24 MB
NASA: Shifting Gears (and Culture) in Space Amidst everything going on in the Universe currently, why is culture top of mind at NASA? .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2009 276.46 KB
Tsingtao: Culture Transformation in China's Oldest Beer Company Tsingtao Beer, China’s largest exporters of beer, recently had to move from a “larger then stronger” growth mentality to “a stronger then larger” strategy. How did they do it? .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2009 621.29 KB
Making a Culture Connection: United Way of Washtenaw County Not only was United Way taking a hard hit from the economy, they were also experiencing organizational issues. To right their path, president Sandra Rupp, utilized the Denison Culture Survey as part of their strategic plan to increase effectiveness. .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2008 603.52 KB
Using Culture to Recruit Top Talent: HealthPlus of Michigan HealthPlus wanted to focus on their culture and needed a model that balanced the numbers-side of the organization as well as the “softer” side. They discovered the Denison model which provided a measure of the soft stuff in a quantifiable manner. .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2008 1.95 MB
Change Over Time: New Hampshire Electric Cooperative This case study reports New Hampshire Electric Cooperative’s efforts to survive in the future, by focusing their attention on defining strategy and culture. .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2008 914.89 KB
Henkel: Turning Results Into Action: Action Planning at Henkel How can attitude, conduct and actions be molded into a coherent, performance-enhancing corporate culture that delivers success to shareholders, stakeholders and customers? .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2007 753.62 KB
Reynolds American: A Merger Success Story A merger of two US ‘tobacco titans,’ R. J. Reynolds and Brown & Williamson was causing the stress level to go through the roof. Reynolds turned to Denison for help to successfully maneuver the merger. .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2007 741.47 KB
JetBlue Airways & Organizational Development: Partners for Change The Systems Operations Center (SOC) is the heart of JetBlue and in order for the airline to keep its competitive edge in the ever-changing market, it was time for the Organizational Development team and the SOC to team up. .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2007 849.39 KB
Hitachi: Communication Conquers Rumor Mill Hitachi Computer Products’ production facility was having problems with an employee rumor mill. Hitachi leaders developed a culture improvement plan which had as a main objective to replace the rumor mill with an effective communication program. .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2006 788.20 KB
JetBlue Airways: Developing Leaders in a Fast-growing Start-up As JetBlue Airways grew, the strong leadership reflected by the founders was not being reflected by lower management. To address this issue, a leadership training program was developed, which included the Denison Leadership Development Survey. .pdf Denison Consulting Denison Case Study 2006 388.14 KB