4 reasons you should laugh with your staff
If we’re dealing with stress in our lives, it can often be traced back to situations we’re handling at work. While we can’t always be stress-free and happy, having a laugh with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘culture’
3 ways to improve your work environment
We spend a third of our adult life at work. If our work environment isn’t a happy place, it may start having a negative effect on our personal lives. If you want to improve [...]
Building a diverse workforce from the STEM up
Uber’s recent mishaps have shined an uncomfortable but very necessary light on the male-dominated “bro-grammer” culture at many Silicon Valley tech firms. Now in full-on damage control mode, the ride hailing service has opted [...]
When you don’t like who you’re leading
No one said managing others is easy and that’s especially true when you don’t care for those you’re supervising. When your mind is already made up about your feelings toward the employee, [...]
Pay attention to credit union culture
Not long ago, I had the opportunity to work with a large media organization who wanted to shift the culture within their company in ways that would drive bottom line results but also produce an [...]
Inside Mazuma Credit Union’s culture
Brandon Michaels became president/CEO of Mazuma Credit Union in Overland Park, Kan., at age 31, following in the footsteps of his mother and grandmother. Both his mother, who is nearing retirement, and his grandmother, [...]
3 tips for managing Gen Y
Over the next decade, as Gen X starts to retire and Gen Z starts graduating from college, Gen Y will take over as the majority in the workforce. For those leaders who haven’t worked [...]
How to build a top-notch company culture
Use your experience We’ve all had good jobs and bad jobs. Some of those had good cultures and some didn’t. Take what you’ve learned from those experiences and shape your company culture [...]
Vision, values must drive sales and service culture
You’ve invested massive amounts of time and energy into developing an ethical, member-centric sales and service culture. What steps should you be taking to ensure your staff stays true to your vision and core [...]
10 reasons why culture matters
Caring for your culture is not an annual event or even a monthly event. Just like sleeping and eating, caring for your culture is a daily activity that requires an investment of your time and [...]
How recognition reinforces your company’s core values
Have you thought about where the core values at your company came from? In all probability, they were developed as a way to successfully drive a specific culture and achieve organizational success. A senior leadership [...]
How to convince leaders to invest in company culture
In addition to my leadership role at CultureIQ, I’m an adjunct professor teaching Entrepreneurship 2.0 at New York University Stern School of Business. Believe me, starting a company is not easy, and there [...]
Top 5 Reasons to head to Mini-MAC
Mini-MAC is a one-day, workshop-style conference, that will be hosted on November 8 at the California and Nevada Credit Union League Office in Ontario, CA. Session topics include: “Using Big Data to Make Big Gains,” [...]
8 ways to communicate your company culture
Culture is the single most important factor in organizational success or failure. It tells employees how to behave, how to do their jobs and how “things are done around here.” But would your employees, middle-management [...]
6 ways vision will inspire your employees and culture
Even as kids, we developed radar on leadership. Consider the classic schoolyard game, Follow the Leader. Everyone has to do exactly what the leader does, or they’re out. Growing up, I remember watching that [...]