30. April 2026

Does your company culture help or hinder?

1.       EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Many organisations invest heavily in strategy and then quietly fail in execution. 

Research from Bain & Co* reveals a sobering reality: 88% of transformation efforts fail to deliver lasting results for the organisation. We created Corestar to solve this specific problem by identifying and addressing the hidden cultural forces that derail these initiatives and cause companies to fail to achieve the levels of performance they seek.

What is Corestar? 

Corestar is a new framework which provides a streamlined, “light-touch” methodology to ensure that organisational culture enhances rather than crushes business strategy. While traditional models are often too slow or focus purely on what employees say, we analyse the critical relationship between how people act and what they truly believe. 

Four Systemic Risks

Our framework identifies four systemic risks that act as a drag on performance, and counters them with four high-performance virtues. By making these invisible forces visible, leaders can move beyond superficial values and build a culture that remains a sustainable differentiator in rapidly changing markets. Investors can make informed decisions about the value a company’s culture can add to or detract from a sale price. And recruiters can see a clear measurement of the impact C-suite candidates are having on the companies they lead.

To read the full content of our White Paper, contact:

ken@corestarpartners.co.uk