Is Culture King at Your Organization?
Many companies look at culture as a by-product of their mission, goals and the personalities of the people who work there. They take a passive approach to building one of those high-performing cultures that withstand bumps in the marketplace and have a secret sauce camaraderie that delivers innovation and exceptional teamwork.
Sound like your workplace? I’ve created some tips, tools and ideas you can take the temperature of your culture and not derail it with a bad hire. Culture is King and when it is nurtured, your productivity, bottom line and employee retention will deliver royal returns.
8 Ways to Check Your Culture’s Pulse
Nothing can be more derailing than when you think that your culture is intact only to find that something or someone has put a drag on it. Every year, take time to reflect looking at organizational changes that keep productivity and morale up—those things that make you a premiere employer. It is especially important to take an honest look at what your organization represents and whether your employees embody your goals and vision.
Dig Deeper and Measure Your Culture
Now that you’ve done a quick check on your culture, it’s time to define, measure and improve employee engagement. A company’s culture can be defined in a number of ways—sometimes to suit the objectives of the person doing the measuring. From an external perspective culture can take on many different aspects and get convoluted quickly, so let’s start with a basic definition of organizational culture: How work gets done.
How to Hire for Cultural Fit
Attracting potential employees who meet skill and experience requirements is one thing, but finding future hires who also fit your organization’s culture can prove to be a tougher task. Running necessary background checks does not provide insight into how potential employees will embody your corporate culture. Frankly, getting a culture fit is oftentimes harder than simply hiring for position requirements.
Not Sure Where to Start to Measure and Align Your Culture? Let Conover Consulting help you identify and fine-tune your culture. Our Cultural Alignment services work with your current and future culture champions to align your team to be more focused and productive. Take our assessment and contact us.