7 Ways To Build An Effective Corporate Culture

Fortunately, most of my career I’ve worked in effective corporate cultures. If I put together the best of each, here is what made those environments effective:
• Leaders led by example on a consistent basis and were willing to roll up their sleeves, particularly during tight deadlines or challenging times.
• Employees clearly understood how what they did made a difference and how their contributions made the organization either more profitable or more effective.
• The workforce included a blend of long-term employees with a rich company, product/service and customer history, employees who had been at the company for five to seven years, and then new hires with a fresh perspective and keen sense of new technologies and techniques. That blend worked best when the mix included virtually all A-players.
• Top managers had a clear, realistic and strategic vision for how the company would grow and compete in the marketplace.
• Employees were challenged and rewarded through growth oppor…
• Leaders led by example on a consistent basis and were willing to roll up their sleeves, particularly during tight deadlines or challenging times.
• Employees clearly understood how what they did made a difference and how their contributions made the organization either more profitable or more effective.
• The workforce included a blend of long-term employees with a rich company, product/service and customer history, employees who had been at the company for five to seven years, and then new hires with a fresh perspective and keen sense of new technologies and techniques. That blend worked best when the mix included virtually all A-players.
• Top managers had a clear, realistic and strategic vision for how the company would grow and compete in the marketplace.
• Employees were challenged and rewarded through growth oppor…