Examples For Creating Your Company Culture

 

In Peter Block’s book, The Empowered Manager (Second Edition), he shares that the following values and statements can shape a vision of greatness for your employees and company. Each starts with, “We want:” 

Consistency between our plans and actions.

A willingness to share.

To disagree without fear.

Commitment to a long-term strategy.

To create a safe workplace.

To live our values.

To have each person connected with the final product.

To treat each person in a unique way.

To overcome levels and hierarchy.

Our people to be the business.

A positive attitude, and less energy spent on bad situations.

To see caring and love in all our actions.

Every person to be responsible for building the business.

To work as a team.

Each person to have a place at the table.

Each person to feel valued and respected.

To provide meaningful work.

Managers to exist to serve their employees.

To eliminate nonproductive work.

Each person to have the right to say no.

Control of our own destiny.

The freedom to fail.

Honest at all times.

Empathy for other’s pain.

Each person to be heard and understood.

Thank you to the book's publisher for sending me a copy of the book.