The #1 Poison to Company Culture
“People are our most valuable resource”, so says dang near every CEO. And though it may be trite, it is also true. Here is something else that is not as often said but is also true: one of the most damaging factors to any organization can also be your people. Thankfully, we are usually talking […]
What Makes a Good Supervisor: 22 Characteristics
What would the world of work be like if every employee worked for a world-class manager? Well…that’s a lot to consider…and we can’t say for sure. But we’re like 99.99% sure it would be UH-MAZ-ING! But to even take the first step in getting to uh-maz-ing, we first need to know what a world-class supervisor […]
The Give and Take of Virtual Work
(NOTE: This article is written for organizations that are not already operating in a fully remote or remote-first way. Many of the statements made in this article are less likely to apply if your organization operates entirely remotely or with a remote-first mindset.) If your organization is grappling with questions about how much (or how […]
Empowering Leaders at Every Level: The 20 Tenets of Culture
Ideas with the potential to change an established way of thinking are few and far between. But when they come, they arrive with a bang! In our decade plus of work at BetterCulture helping clients develop leaders and build stronger workplace cultures, we’ve delivered hundreds of speeches, trained thousands of leaders, published hundreds of articles, […]
Employee Pride: The Bedrock of Company Culture
As a wise leader once commented, “Being the part-time mail clerk of a great company is worthy of pride; being the CEO of a lousy company is worthy of shame.” After years conducting our BetterCulture employee engagement surveys and reviewing and presenting results across wide-ranging industries, one thing has become clear: when employee pride is […]
Harnessing The Awesome Power of Better Company Culture
More than ever, business professionals are talking about culture – even when they don’t use that word. When business leaders discuss their need for talent, retention, workforce, staffing – really anything that has to do with people – they are talking about culture. Continuing a trend from the last decade, CEO’s across industries continue to […]
The Seven Principles – What it Means to Lead
Leadership. Is there a more over-hyped word in business? We doubt it. Yet for all the attention it gets, for all the books and speeches addressing the topic, inspired and effective leadership is still hard to find. Many factors contribute to the elusiveness of the kind of leadership so many are seeking, including promoting the […]