As I’ve talked to and learned about businesses with happy employees I’ve noticed a common theme of team sacrifice existing in the history of the company.
Whether the company is a start-up, fighting for survival or trying to expand to handle tremendous growth – employees will rise to the challenge and the culture will often be better for it. Bac Read more >
“Over time, as we focused more and more on our culture, we ultimately came to the realization that a company’s culture and a company’s brand are really just two sides of the same coin. The brand is just a lagging indicator of a company’s culture.” – Tony Hsieh, Zappos Founder
If anyone got employee culture right it’s Tony Hsieh. In the second Read more >
“Our People are Our Biggest Asset”
Really? Do you believe it? How do you know?
Are you just saying that? Because it sounds good. Really good. And on some level we know it’s true. Really true. You know that without your employees, you couldn’t be in business. And without excellent employees you can’t be an excellent business.
So the Read more >
There seems to be THE great excuse.
When I ask HR folks if they feel the employees at their company are happy, I often don’t get a direct answer.
And the answer I get is this – Well there’s always that one employee who will never be happy no matter what you do.
And then there’s a chuckle. And if I’m with a group of HR folks there is the n Read more >
If no one was looking. No supervisor, no manager, not even a coworker.
They’re at the dinner table or perhaps a church picnic or their daughter’s softball game.
“So Keith, how do you like your job?”
“So Janis, how do you like where you work?”
What would your employees really say? And would they tell you the s Read more >
