Creating a Culture That Inspires Your Employees

Introduction

• Building a great company culture

• Honor the past
• Identify guideposts: Your values
• Translate values into behaviors
• Raise your banner

• Draw out your hidden culture
• How to talk about alignment
• Overcommunicate change
• Create safe feedback loops
• Open communication between layers

• Spend time together
• Build social capital
• Ask for help
• Ask for feedback
• Assume positive intent
• Encouragement
• Don't put off difficult conversations

• Clarify roles and encourage support
• Agree on ground rules
• Assess without blame
• Be available
• Schedule play time together

• Use onboarding to teach culture
• Use working groups to cross-pollinate
• Use book clubs to accelerate trust building
• Use letter writing to encourage your directs

• Start building your culture now