Book details

  • Genre:business & economics
  • Sub-genre:Workplace Culture
  • Language:English
  • Pages:188
  • eBook ISBN:9781966168522

Your Character Is Your Culture

Lessons From UnitedHealth Groups Transformational Journey

By Dave Sparkman

Overview


TRANSFORMED CHARACTER TRANSFORMS CULTURE Why do most attempts at culture change fail? Too often, they are treated as "outside-in" HR or marketing initiatives—relying on creative slogans, top-down mandates, and compliance training. Dave Sparkman offers a different, proven path. Drawing on the historic transformation at UnitedHealth Group, Sparkman argues that sustainable change only happens from the inside-out. It requires individuals to personally invest in company values and change how they think and work every day. Using the powerful SPARK framework and 18 practical Trail Markers, this book provides a field-tested roadmap to move beyond "Flavor-of-the-month" programs and build a culture owned by the business and lived by the heart. Stop launching initiatives. Start leading a movement.
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Description


TRANSFORMED CHARACTER TRANSFORMS CULTURE Why do most attempts at culture change fail? Too often, they are treated as "outside-in" HR or marketing initiatives—relying on creative slogans, top-down mandates, and compliance training. Dave Sparkman offers a different, proven path. Drawing on the historic transformation at UnitedHealth Group, Sparkman argues that sustainable change only happens from the inside-out. It requires individuals to personally invest in company values and change how they think and work every day. Using the powerful SPARK framework and 18 practical Trail Markers, this book provides a field-tested roadmap to move beyond "Flavor-of-the-month" programs and build a culture owned by the business and lived by the heart. Stop launching initiatives. Start leading a movement.
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About The Author


Dave Sparkman is the founder of SPARK Your Culture, a workplace culture advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations flourish through healthy, high-performance cultures. For nine years, Dave served as the SVP of Culture at UnitedHealth Group, where he helped lead a historic transformation for the Fortune 5 company. A retreaded CPA and former partner at Arthur Andersen, Dave brings a unique blend of financial discipline and human-first leadership to his work. Beyond the corporate world, he serves as the Executive Director for Crossroads Career, a faith-based ministry that helps the unemployed and unfulfilled find purpose in their work—a role that reflects his deep belief that transformed character is the true engine of a transformed culture.
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