Growth shifts the focus from people to product in business – creating irreversible damage. Use the 5 Ps to ensure you don’t become a victim of growth.
PIZZA AND PING PONG, PLEASE For a while I’ve attempted to fight the misconception that culture is simply pizza and ping pong. Ancillary benefits like these are not the whole picture, but they do play a role. In a framework I co-authored outlining the components of company culture I found where perks become useful, and it is exactly how companies can overcome relationship decay. THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUALS Now that we know that relationships begin to weaken somewhere between 50 and 150 people, how should leaders of growth organizations keep colleagues more tightly connected through bouts of early growth? Rituals. A ritual
The second part in a series exploring the why, when, and how of managing company culture in a growth organization. If you’ve ever had to work with another human, you know good relationships make for good work. These bonds are the conduits of culture, and while they don’t guarantee success, you can be sure it ain’t happening without them. Think of relationships as connective tissue: take this essential layer away and business would just be a pile of old laptops and financial documents. No blue chip CEO will argue the point: the human side of business is critical to success. But how does this
First in a series exploring the why, when, and how of managing company culture in a growth organization. Sex in stairwells, absentee management, and outright racism. There’s been a spate of news recently about cultures going awry in Silicon Valley. While errant cultures effect companies of all kind and size it’s the extreme cases here on the left coast that are making the headlines. Even so, it seems keeping culture from unraveling is a significant challenge every growth organization must learn to manage if its leaders intend to succeed in the long run. Keeping culture from unraveling is a significant challenge every growth organization must
As culture settles in as a legitimate business concern in the larger discussion of work management, so do methods for measuring and managing it. Here are five key touchpoints of culture that all businesses from startups to blue chips can use to build employee engagement — and extra profit — from day one. Download a free copy of the culture control panel here. She sat in her office wondering what was wrong. Though meeting her financial goals, the company she set out to create was evaporating as it grew in size and staff. Success was causing the problem, but it wasn’t
