Ask the EXpert: How to operationalise your company values
“How to operationalise your company values?” Let’s get stuck straight in to how you can design questions that ensure that you’re hiring for values-fit and culture add…
Framework: Moments that Matter
Values are who you are as a company; they’re what you believe in, how you show up and what you do. That’s why it’s super important that you and your employees are living them every day, and to support them in doing this your values should be demonstrated and reinforced through key moments across your employee experience.
What happens when founders fail to invest in their culture?
Have you ever said, “We’ll get to defining our culture when we’re less busy”? Sound familiar? If so, you’re certainly not alone. On this occasion though, it’s not a case of safety in numbers.
Framework: Self-reflection for effective leaders
Great leadership relies on our ability to regularly self-reflect and adapt to ever changing situations. It also helps us to hone in on our strengths and identify our growth opportunities so that we can take action to develop our skills.
Framework: the Wellbeing Wheel
To understand and visualise how you are doing in each of the 8 pillars of wellbeing, and to identify which areas need more attention.
Ask the EXpert: How to end meetings on a high?
“How to end meetings on a high?” Ending our meetings on a high note is just as important as starting them well.
Framework: Decision making
Apply the framework when aiming to streamline communication and involvement levels in your team, ensuring that each decision aligns with appropriate leadership engagement based on its urgency and impact.
Framework: Retrospective
To provide a time and space to reflect on your work or a project and capture what you've learnt, and what you're going to apply to improve things as a team.
Ask the EXpert: Culture & Community building
Defining a culture within the communities we build is so important, but it can be tricky to strike a balance between your perspective as a leader of the community and the perspectives of your community members.
Framework: Delivering feedback
When you need to provide critical feedback to a team mate or client, and to support you in challenging conversations. This is particularly helpful if you’ve observed somebody undermining your company values.
3 reasons why culture should be every founders top priority in 2023
For many businesses, the last few years have been stuck in survival mode — and for good reason! Now it’s time for our priorities to change.
Framework: User Manuals
When someone new joins your team, when you start a new project with new team mates and/or new clients to get to know them better. It’s also useful to review user manuals before giving feedback to a team mate.
Ask the EXpert: How do you bring play into culture design?
“How do you bring play into culture design?” We love it when teams want to build fun into the work that they do, because we know that when you build play into your day you get employees that stay.
Why culture is important
“Culture is the only sustainable competitive advantage that is completely within the control of the entrepreneur” – David Cummings
Ask the EXpert: How to create ambient culture in a hybrid environment
“How to create ambient culture in a hybrid environment?” Ambient culture is what organically develops as your organisation and team grows. And it’s happening every minute in your business. Even right now.