The Culture Code
Culture & Talent

The Culture Code

Daniel Coyle· Published 2018

An exploration of the secrets of highly successful groups, identifying three key skills that generate cohesion and cooperation.

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Why It's On My Shelf

This book earns its place because it makes culture observable instead of abstract. Coyle breaks high-performing teams down into concrete behaviors like signaling safety, sharing vulnerability, and reinforcing purpose. For CIOs, this is especially useful because technical teams often struggle with trust across roles and layers. I come back to this book when collaboration feels forced or when teams are executing but not truly aligned.

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