“Company culture shapes every minute of the workday and every decision that is made.” – Taylor Smith, CEO & Cofounder of Blueboard Welcome to the Culture Hacker Blog Series where I help organizations to reprogram their employee experiences for improved organizational culture. So, what is culture? I consider it the collective mindset and attitude [...]
Welcome to the final edition of the Culture Hacker blog series. We have covered all the mechanisms and ideas that help managers to become successful Culture Hackers and leaders as they reprogram company code and employee engagement. In this final blog, and as we get started on our 2017, let’s highlight one important element that [...]
Welcome back to the Culture Hacker blog series. This week, we will consider the other three P’s that help define experience: product, place, and process. While we have focused on the people element of the employee experience in our Culture Hacker blogs thus far, there is no doubt the other three elements that define experience [...]
Welcome back to the Culture Hacker blog series on how to reprogram the company code and employee engagement. Please catch up on my previous blogs, because they introduce, discuss, and provide insights into how to refresh and evolve a culture by looking at the different mechanisms that impact the mindset and attitude of the staff. [...]
Welcome back to the Culture Hacker series. It is time to talk about career development. This topic is on every employee’s mind, no matter what you might think, but unfortunately, it does not seem to be as important to many employers. Let’s start by thinking about what career development means. In the 2010 book Employee Training and [...]
Welcome back, and thanks for checking out my latest blog in the Culture Hacker series. This is a continuing conversation from my last blog about communication. Communication is essential in defining a company’s culture by socializing the team with the right messages. Today, let’s discuss an important communication tool that is unfortunately rendered ineffective too often, [...]
Welcome to our latest blog in the Culture Hacker series. Today we will discuss communication because it is the most valuable cultural tool. Communication is how we socialize team members to understand what is most important to and how to be successful in an organization. To communicate effectively – whether speaking face-to-face, communicating through actions, [...]
For the past few weeks, we have been discussing employee enablement in our Culture Hacker blog series. But if you remember in the beginning of our discussion on performance, we mentioned its second important element – performance empowerment. Once they have enabled the team to perform at their best, managers need to get out of the [...]
Welcome back to the Culture Hacker blog series on how to positively influence the mindset and attitude of associates. For the past few weeks, we have been discussing performance enablement. Let’s finish the conversation by talking about managers’ ability and willingness to have the tough conversations and hold team members accountable. The Importance of Accountability There [...]
Welcome back to the Culture Hacker blog series. Today we will continue to discuss performance enablement. One of the most powerful opportunities that managers have in terms of enhancing performance and reinforcing company culture is the recognition program. Unfortunately, in many organizations, the program has little integrity and has become a mandated task where leaders [...]
