What is Corporate Culture, anyway?

It's more than some nifty new buzzword, thought up by the hip-set to make work sound like a vacation...

Corporate Culture is the environment - emotion, social, physical, political and economical - that you work within...

In addition to dictating things like which day to wear the red tie, and which day to order-in sushi, Corporate Culture emanates through the workplace quietly directing people to communicate certain ways, follow unspoken rules, move in implied circles...

It can also work more blatantly... does your workplace have a Post-It Note® communication epidemic? Were you laughed out of a meeting for not liking Kudo™ Bars? Do you have a problem working 90 hours a week?

Ultimately, positive Corporate Culture would be the result of a well aligned staff, executive, mission statement and company goals. If the alignment of those things is 'out of whack', Corporate Culture reflects it exponentially.

So how can you give your office a Culture Tune Up?

We'll have more on that soon...

You can start with teambuilding, training and coaching... in that order!

"Changing the culture and increasing the capability of the workforce is absolutely essential to your future competitive position."
- Ron Heidke, Director of Manufacturing, Kodak Park, Rochester, NY