All tagged What makes company cultures great
Culture matters. They define whether an organization will be successful or not.
But, as I discuss this in episode of the podcast, cultures aren't created overnight - they take intention, strategy and work to build. I share several strategies to help build great cultures.
As we continue on our long, meandering path out of the pandemic, one thing that (I believe) is here to stay is the idea of Work From Home (WFH). In fact, if anything has seen a tidal shift over the last two years, it’s the very idea that WFH can be a viable practice.
Yes, I realize that many folks had been practicing the concept for some time prior, but it really wasn’t an accepted practice before the pandemic.
Culture isn’t created overnight. You can’t mandate it.
You also can’t leave it be and assume a positive productive culture will create itself.
Culture needs to be defined and cultivated, which means a few things:
It has to be intentional. It requires a clear definition i.e. we need to be clear as to what we want it to be.
It has to be actively pursued - we need to have a plan to cultivate it.
This month's podcasts focus on people - the teams we work with, the people we surround ourselves with, and how we should think about them. People make all the difference.
Today's episode discusses that the worst thing that can happen to an organization is for its most passionate people to go quiet. The truth is that we need their passion and despite how difficult they might seem to be, we need to nurture them, not turn them off.
Episode 24 of the podcast is now available and this month, I share stories from my life in Management Consulting, where I spent a decade prior to my entrepreneurial journey. And some of my most interesting lessons from that time had nothing to do with the work and everything to do with people.
Conversations about great company cultures are almost always accompanied by talk of nice offices with modern conveniences, bring-your-pet-to-work days, free food and more. In fact, read about the latest hot startup, and modern media (conventional or otherwise) will be abuzz with stories about the lengths these companies are going to for their employees (from no dress code to unlimited vacations to relaxation pods).
It’s not surprising then that these ideas become comingled: that amazing work culture goes hand in hand with these kinds of tangible amenities.
