Culture Wins: The Roadmap to an Irresistible Workplace

William Vanderbloemen

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William Vanderbloemen is author and founder of a faith-based recruitment firm.

His organisation has been recognised amongst the Best Places to Work by Entrepreneur, Houston Business Journal and Forbes.

He attributes this success to culture and wrote this book to share his insights.

Key points:

• To define your culture, define your values and mission - why does your organisation exist?
• Your organisation must have ethical values
• Culture is crowdsourced and not “handed down” by management
• HOWEVER, change from the bottom is never successful, managers need to get onboard
• Leaders set the tone, leaders need to own and drive culture
• Create a culture that caters to all of your team members
• Millennials have a different mindset and different values from previous generations, and will make up the bulk of the workforce in the future
• Hire for cultural fit, not competency
• Don’t confuse chemistry with culture, chemistry can be faked
• Culture and values change over time, they are not set in stone
• Every employee is an interim employee, cultural fit is seasonal, people’s lives and circumstances chance over time
• Invest in culture, culture cost is less than turnover cost
• Have a culture calendar and an owner of culture “Culture Whip” and culture ambassadors
• Protect your culture at all costs

Worth a read if you’re building a team or working to keep a team together.

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