Culture Matters

Why Great Culture Starts with Who, Not What: Leadership Lessons from Tim Spiker

What separates leaders who build extraordinary cultures from those who struggle to retain talent and drive performance?

Does Your Company Culture Encourage Employees to Boost the Bottom Line?

Sharing company financial information with your team is a divisive topic. Some leaders feel it helps motivate employees while others fear data can be misinterpreted or misused. Yet research shows that employees are more engaged and help drive...

Bad Words: Things Bosses Never Say in a Great Workplace Culture

The saying goes that actions speak louder than words. So, it stands to reason that employees react to and often emulate their leaders’ behavior—good and bad. How leaders act on a daily basis usually sets the tone for their organization’s culture.

Think About How to Ruin Your Business—Then Do the Opposite

“How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” is a classic Broadway show about an opportunistic guy who makes it to the top with little effort. Putting a new twist on the title, entrepreneur and author M.J. Gottlieb points out that it’s also...

Using Company Culture to Align Cross-functional Collaboration

Most companies’ individual teams or departments operate as synchronized units. Their members may have different roles but know how to work together to reach shared goals. They usually develop a camaraderie that helps them understand their coworkers...

Pulling It Together: Developing a Successful Hybrid Work Environment

After the COVID shutdown normalized remote work, business leaders and their employees started to reimagine work structure. Many workers wanted to retain at least some of the flexibility that doing their jobs from home provided. As a result,...

Building Intentional Culture: Lessons from a Pastor Turned Culture Expert

William Vanderbloemen's journey from pastor to founding a successful executive search firm offers fascinating insights into building intentional workplace culture. In this wide-ranging conversation on the Culture Architects Show, Vanderbloemen shares

Using Data and Company Culture for Better Decision-Making

Once upon a time, decision-making was the purview of the C-suite. In the 1950s, only about 6 percent of jobs required the employee to make decisions. By 2018, that percentage had increased to 34 percent. The proportion of workers making decisions...

what makes and outstanding company culture

What Makes an Outstanding Company Culture?

Most CEOs agree that a strong organizational culture benefits companies and their staff. They often check that box by highlighting core values, initiating perks they believe will appeal to their staff, or generating policies that cover issues like...