What are these things called values that we all value so much at work? Well, you’ve got values at an individual level, even if you can’t always articulate them, you have values that drive how you make decisions that drive your behaviors in your personal life and your work life values that perhaps you hope…
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Why Workplace Culture Matters As a leader in today’s rapidly changing world you must embrace your role as a culture champion and understand that everything you do and say as a leader either adds to your workplace culture or detracts from your culture. You truly are the orchestra conductor of your workplace who sets the…
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Great cultures don’t happen by accident. As a leader, you need to be consistently, relentlessly intentional about your culture. So, what does that look like? 1. You need to promote your culture to the world. If you’re going to attract fabulous employees who are a fit for your organization, then you can’t…
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Let’s start with the end in mind: One day we’re all going to be dead. (How’s that for an uplifting opening?) Hopefully it’s not going to happen for a very long time, but – spoiler alert — it is going to happen. If we’re fortunate, most of us have been allotted, on average, about 4,000…
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When I was researching inspiring workplaces many moons ago in Copenhagen, Denmark, I had the pleasure of interviewing a “Chief Happiness Officer” and the author of Happy Hour is Nine to Five, Alexander Kjerulf. I love the concept of what Kjerulf calls a “Level Five” morning greeting at work. Given how important the start of…
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So you want to shift your workplace culture, but you don’t know where to begin? The following is a checklist of workplace questions to help you generate some conversations at work around what you might need to do to shift your culture, weaved in with some concrete ideas on what you can do to make…
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