We’ve all read articles about how a company’s culture affects its productivity, health, employee satisfaction, financial success, etc. We get all excited about the prospect of having a stronger culture, higher personnel motivation, and reduced turnover, so we make a plan to achieve this goal. After a few months or even weeks, though, the excitement fades and everyone falls back into their daily routine with very little to no change having occurred. What does “company culture” really mean and why does the push to create an impactful one usually fade?
It’s Not Rocket Surgery
How many times have you had a grand plan where you were going to do something really innovative and inspiring then the plan never really went anywhere? You came up the idea, and then as soon as you started to work towards it you got overwhelmed, something seemingly more important came up, or you just weren’t sure where to begin. Grand plans don’t have to be complicated. In fact, they shouldn’t be.