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How To Change Company Culture When It’s Suffering

2021-02-10T15:02:47-06:00

Whether you’re aware of it or not, your company’s culture influences every aspect of your business. It is formed as a result of how you and your team do business. If your overall company culture is poor, there are things you can do to help shape it and cultivate it to make it one that improves your performance and results.  In this article, we’ll dive into a few ways you can effectively change your company’s culture. 5 Tips To Help Change Company Culture When your company culture needs an upgrade, this is a great place to start. Read on for five [...]

How To Change Company Culture When It’s Suffering2021-02-10T15:02:47-06:00

3 Tips to Improve Your Employee Survey Results

2021-02-10T16:20:50-06:00

Frequently gauging how your employees are feeling about working for your organization through employee surveys is important to cultivating a strong company culture. Once you gather the information though, what do you do to improve results?  Here are three tips to help:   #1 Share the Results This seems obvious, but it doesn’t always happen. Leaders should share the results of the survey in a timely manner with their team. Everyone will know you’ve done a survey and many will want to see the results. Be completely transparent. Don’t shy away from disclosing the good, the bad, and even the ugly. [...]

3 Tips to Improve Your Employee Survey Results2021-02-10T16:20:50-06:00

What Does A Company Culture Consultant Do?

2021-02-10T15:03:04-06:00

If you’ve been wondering what a company culture consultant does, you’ve come to the right place. A company culture consultant has the power to help you align your organization’s workforce and improve results. To us, culture is more than just an overused business buzzword that sounds nice. It’s a game-changer when it comes to business performance and success.  And the importance of your company’s culture isn’t going away. Are you witnessing a poor company culture that’s limiting your results?  Do you need help creating a company culture that engages your team, attracts talent, and helps you feel proud about where you [...]

What Does A Company Culture Consultant Do?2021-02-10T15:03:04-06:00

9 Simple Ways Leaders Can Repeat Their Most Important Messages

2021-02-10T16:25:26-06:00

Creating organizational clarity is the first step in establishing a strong company culture. Clarity is vital because it eliminates confusion and aligns a team. At the heart of creating clarity is repetition. Leaders must find opportunities to repeat their most important messages often.  Since repetition is critical to clarity, here are 9 simple ways leaders and organizations can and should repeat their most important messages. During the interview In new employee orientation Throughout leadership and all-staff meetings In formal employee evaluations During any formal disciplinary action Throughout the onboarding process In company continuing education and staff development systems Through recognition [...]

9 Simple Ways Leaders Can Repeat Their Most Important Messages2021-02-10T16:25:26-06:00

How to Create Organizational Clarity

2020-10-19T07:55:23-05:00

Creating organizational clarity around the things that matter most is one of the best ways to improve a company’s culture. Clarity eliminates confusion and aligns a team. But how do good leaders go about establishing clarity? The most important practice to create clarity is repetition. Leaders and organizations must be persistent in repeating their most important messages over and over again. They should find different ways and means to communicate these messages without worry of sounding too redundant. For many leaders, the idea of repeating themselves often can sound boring. Most leaders never aspire to be known as [...]

How to Create Organizational Clarity2020-10-19T07:55:23-05:00

How to Know If You Have a Cohesive Team

2020-10-12T12:16:48-05:00

Teamwork is critical for success in most organizations. However, knowing whether your team is really cohesive or not can be tricky. There are sophisticated ways to gauge team cohesiveness, however there is a simple method that has proven effective for most leaders. This uncomplicated practice is so easy that many of you may laugh out loud. Surprisingly, too many leaders fail to do it. The best place to start in understanding the cohesiveness of your team is to simply ask them, “how cohesive do you think we are as a team?” That’s it. As leaders, we sometimes forget [...]

How to Know If You Have a Cohesive Team2020-10-12T12:16:48-05:00

All Companies Have a Mission, Vision, & Values, So Why Bother? 

2020-10-05T06:33:12-05:00

Most reputable companies have some form of a mission, vision, and values for their organization. However not all of these companies are successful so do they really matter that much?  The answer is yes!    Though most have them, here are two reasons why they don’t always help and why you still need them. #1 Most mission, vision, and values are poorly written. Thus, they fail to inspire the team or create organizational clarity around the purpose, standards, and direction of the company. Essentially, they completely miss their whole reason for existence and therefore add little value.      Leaders should [...]

All Companies Have a Mission, Vision, & Values, So Why Bother? 2020-10-05T06:33:12-05:00

What to Do When an Employee Gets Mad

2020-09-28T07:49:25-05:00

How should leaders respond when an employee gets upset with something that has been asked of them or shared with them? The natural reaction is to get angry or frustrated in response, however, usually this is the worst thing you can do.  Instead, leaders should take a step back and ask themselves: are my intentions clear?  Often employees become mad because they are filling in the blanks and making assumptions. They assume things like “my leader is criticizing me”, or “she must not trust my judgement”, or “he’s just trying to make things difficult.” Almost always, these assumptions [...]

What to Do When an Employee Gets Mad2020-09-28T07:49:25-05:00

Winning is a Team Sport

2023-08-02T06:12:19-05:00

Three things I love are teamwork, leadership, and basketball. And what I’ve seen out of the Miami Heat this postseason in the NBA bubble has been all three.  Watching the Heat go 10-1 in the NBA playoffs has been extremely impressive and fun to watch.  Now I’ve never been a Heat fan, and how they play over the next week or two could change, but based on what I’ve seen thus far, it is hard for me not to like it—and like it a lot! Things I love about the Heat is they play their roles so well [...]

Winning is a Team Sport2023-08-02T06:12:19-05:00

Isn’t Company Culture all Fluff?

2020-09-14T07:53:04-05:00

Isn’t company culture all fluff?  This is a question I hear a lot. Thankfully, the answer is a resounding NO.  Creating a high-performing company culture can be as fluffy or as non-fluffy as you’d like it to be. What makes a company’s culture great however is all substance.  For example, driving home clarity around roles and responsibilities, goals, standards, and results is not fluffy.  Demonstrating the discipline and will to maintain consistency in your organization does not require any level of fluff.  Showing appreciation and recognizing someone for good work can be done with or without fluffiness. Truly [...]

Isn’t Company Culture all Fluff?2020-09-14T07:53:04-05:00
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