MERIT Summit & Awards: Lyon, France

Since 2017, MERIT has been a unique forum for HR and L&D directors of companies from different industries and Executive Education leaders to learn, share challenges and explore solutions together within an international professional community in a focused, highly interactive environment. The MERIT Summit is a learning showcase, an ideas conference, and a hands-on strategy session with experts and peers, enabling participants to develop a culture of learning, innovation, and growth in their organizations.

As a longstanding academic partner, Michigan Ross Executive Education will attend and speak at the MERIT Summit & Awards. Michigan Ross Professor Marcus Collins's keynote session will cover:
 

Reframing Culture to Drive Organizational Impact

Culture eats strategy for breakfast. This adage is a constant refrain in the world of business management. Considering culture’s influence on the collective production of work, there’s no wonder why culture would supersede strategy—because a good strategy is only as good as the people’s collective ability to implement it. However, our understanding of culture and the mechanisms that make it tick generally lacks the depth necessary to harness culture’s sway and turbocharge the organization’s potential. This session unlocks the power of culture so that leaders will be able to leverage its impact and fuel success for their organization.