Perks vs Culture (The Ping Pong Table Fallacy): Promise Phelon
Sustainable business culture is only possible if you consider what is below the surface first. It’s too easy to confuse perks – 401k, travel, free food – as the mark of a good culture. The reality is perks are meaningless without deep thought about the behaviours you encourage within your workplace – an ownership culture, transparency of performance and compensation, clarity about what it takes to win and building winning habits amongst your team. Culture is reinforced by strong leaders with a willingness to address some of the daily things that stop us from letting emotional triggers preventing us from building a great company.
How To Build A World-Class Culture In 3 Easy Steps: Mikey Trafton
Mikey Trafton learned about ‘cultural fit’ the hard way when every employee in his 8 person startup quit on him in a single day. This is one of the best talks we’ve heard at Business of Software Conferences about culture and why it matters. It offers entrepreneurs and software people a very simple, effective three-step framework to consider when building a workforce.
How To Design Organizational Culture: Alex Osterwalder
Culture isn’t just something that organically forms – time and effort goes into establishing and creating it. At Business of Software Conference USA 2015, Alex Osterwalder described the key steps in designing an effective organizational culture.
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