Culture in the corporate setting is often difficult to describe, let alone define or defend. Leaders who puzzle over corporate culture often find it easier to leave it to HR representatives to define, and to middle managers to defend, while they focus on more "important" matters-such as the board, the shareholders, or the bottom line.In Chief Culture Officer, former OST CEO Dan Behm gives readers insights into how he and his team created an explosively satisfying corporate culture-one in which employees found themselves motivated and delighted as their leadership elevated individuals over more traditional corporate concerns. Dan himself took the reigns to lead with proactive humility, open communication, and a relentless pursuit of employee feedback. Dan writes, "It sounds more like a family than a company, and that's no accident."
Intentional, transformative corporate culture and community is possible. In Chief Culture Officer, author Dan Behm shows you how to begin.
About the Author: Dan Behm served for eighteen years as President and CEO of Open Systems Technologies (OST), a $160 million technology company known for its people-first culture.
Dan is at heart a serial entrepreneur. Since retiring from OST, he has acquired a boutique hotel in Ojochal, Costa Rica, and is in the process of building a resort on a private island in Bocas Del Toro, Panama.
A graduate of Michigan State University, Dan received the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year award for Michigan and Northern Ohio in 2011. In 2012 he was the recipient of the Michigan 50 Companies to Watch Champion and was named the Grant Thornton Leader & Innovator of the Year. In 2015 Dan was honored as the MSU West Michigan Business Person of the Year. Dan is a director on multiple boards and serves as a mentor for the Jandernoa Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program.
Dan lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with Barb, his wife of 35 years. He enjoys spending time with family, including four granddaughters, along with playing racquetball, fly fishing, sailing, traveling, and attending Spartan football and basketball games.
