Company Culture Is the Last 50 Days

Culture, in compelling but unspoken ways, dictates the proven, acceptable methods by which members of the group address recurrent problems. And culture defines the priority given to different types of problems. It can be a powerful management tool.

Here’s a checklist of points to keep in mind:

your culture is how your company makes decisions when you’re not there. It’s the set of assumptions your employees use to resolve the problems they face every day. It’s how they behave when no one is looking. If you don’t methodically set your culture, then two-thirds of it will end up being accidental, and the rest will be a mistake.

Culture encompasses the written and unwritten rules, beliefs, and values that a business aspires to and actually embodies in the daily behaviors of its employees with each other, suppliers, customers, and the community.