4 Ways to Run Better Meetings (and Transform Your Culture)
Meetings. Some are dreaded, others are valuable. Make sure your meetings are productive and a good use of time…your culture will thank you for it.
Diversity 2.0: Interculturalism, As Opposed To Multiculturalism
This post originally appeared on Jessica Kriegel’s LinkedIn. To subscribe to her every-Friday newsletter, also on LinkedIn, go right here. We’ve been trying – sometimes in a performative way – to get diversity right within organizations for literal decades now. We’ve had some big wins, and some cringe-y moments. It felt like 2020 was going to be […]
In a potential crisis of apathy, what is the proper role of leadership teams?
This post originally appeared on Jessica Kriegel’s LinkedIn. To subscribe to her every-Friday newsletter, also on LinkedIn, go right here. I came across this article from TIME recently: “It’s Harder Than Ever To Care About Anything.” It’s similar in some ways to this Adam Grant article, which was the most-read article on The New York Times in 2021: “The Word is Languishing.” Both […]
Why love and consciousness matter to workplace culture
This post originally appeared on Jessica Kriegel’s LinkedIn. To subscribe to her every-Friday newsletter, also on LinkedIn, go right here. I come across significant amounts of content on management styles, culture, psychology and human flourishing. I get to see, and collaborate on, some rich research in the space. For a few months now — and I’ll explain […]
You don’t want your employees to burn out. But you also don’t want them bored to tears.
This post originally appeared on Jessica Kriegel’s LinkedIn. To subscribe to her every-Friday newsletter, also on LinkedIn, go right here. We’ve talked a lot about burnout in the last five years, and that’s a very important narrative about present work and where work is headed. It was especially pronounced during COVID and our debates about who and […]
In a recession, will “culture” matter to executives?
This post originally appeared on Jessica Kriegel’s LinkedIn. To subscribe to her every-Friday newsletter, also on LinkedIn, go right here. The cynical answer to the question in the headline is: “No, we need to focus on keeping the lights on.” The real answer to the question in the headline is: “Absolutely. The best companies care more about culture during a […]
Why should you aspire to be a “Great Place To Work?”
This originally appeared on Jessica Kriegel’s LinkedIn. To subscribe to her every-Friday newsletter, also on LinkedIn, go right here. To start to answer that question, let me show you a LinkedIn post from Michael C. Bush, who is the CEO of Great Place to Work. Based on his team’s data, the 100 Best Companies To Work For from Fortune outperform the market […]
Do your employees work with the proper pace? There’s a way to get them there.
This post originally appeared on Jessica Kriegel’s LinkedIn. To subscribe to her every-Friday newsletter, also on LinkedIn, go right here. This topic will be broad brush to a certain extent, but it’s something we constantly hear about from clients at CULTURE PARTNERS – from the executive level down to the middle management ranks. For much of 2021 […]
Reminder: “Culture” is not the same as “Perks”
When this video from the YouTube channel How Money Works first came out, dozens of people sent it to various Culture Partners executives, keynoters, and practitioners: The video makes some good points, and is admittedly funny in parts, but it misses the bigger picture of the modern moment, especially post-COVID. The idea of “culture” as […]
A brief summary of our work around empowering women at work
Our Chief Scientist of Workplace Culture, Jessica Kriegel, was recently quoted in this HR Dive article about women exiting the workforce. Here’s the context for Kriegel’s reference in the article: They also found that 97% of women don’t feel they can ask for flexible work arrangements for fear that it will affect their careers; and […]
Should CEOs be focusing on big societal issues?
There’s typically two sides to this argument. One says that if business leaders don’t take specific stands on social topics, there won’t be enough gravitas and movement on them. The other side says that CEOs should spend most of their time focusing on business issues that are more solvable from their position. Our Chief Scientist […]
A more realistic approach to hiring
For much of 2021 and into mid-2022, a core narrative seemed to be “No one wants to work anymore.” This was all tied to Quiet Quitting, The Great Resignation, and – later on – “QuitToking.” There was this idea, whether you thought it was tied to “free money” or a decline in work ethic, that […]