Your organization’s values are a set of core beliefs and principles that guide your decision-making, interactions, and behaviors at your company. No matter how long or short the list, they embody what’s important to your organization. Organizational values – and their power to shape company culture – are pervasive enough that even fictional companies have them these days. Take Lumon Industries, the formidable company at the center of the dystopian show Severance. Their ominous-sounding nine Core Principles, which included “verve,” “probity,” and “wiles,” perfectly encapsulate its suffocating c ..read more

Promoting a healthy workplace culture isn’t just “a nice-to-have” anymore. Letting culture slip to the backburner might result in your top performers leaving, amongst other problems. Here’s what that actually means. Thirty five percent of employees won’t take a job if they don’t think the culture is a fit for them or doesn’t align with their values. And it’s not just employees. Ninety one percent of employers consider alignment with the culture just as important as skills and experience. So employees and employers alike believe workplace culture and people at the company should all be in harmo ..read more

What about your organization attracts new talent and keeps existing team members engaged? Spoiler alert: it’s not just about how much you pay them. Money is, of course, a huge priority for all employees, but top talent is going to look for more than a competitive salary, like wellbeing benefits and flexible working practices. Ultimately, all employees need to feel seen, valued, and supported in order to thrive in their workplace, which takes a great deal of trust in their employers and requires a culture of wellbeing.  So now the question becomes, how do you gain the trust of your employe ..read more

A strong corporate culture is something that interviewees are searching for when evaluating job offers. Since culture can massively impact talent acquisition and workforce retention, companies need to take an active role in creating the corporate culture they envision.   What Is Corporate Culture? Even if you can’t put it into words, you’re most likely already aware of the culture of your workplace. How do you feel when you start work each morning? What are interactions between coworkers like? What values or behaviors do your leaders prize? Corporate culture is the set of values that you ..read more

If you stopped to ask your employees if they’re happy in their job, how do you think they would respond? Perhaps you think it doesn’t matter – after all, you can’t please all the people all of the time. But having a happy work environment really does matter if you want to retain employees and run your business optimally. While a high-pressure, cut-throat environment may make it feel as if everybody is getting the job done, there’s a growing body of research to show that this sort of culture is harmful to productivity over time. How does happiness affect staff performance? A stressful working c ..read more