Creating A Winning Culture: Part III

Ten Ways to be Better at Creating A Winning Culture

Great Environment
Have the place you work comfortable, with all resources in place. You have to get this right first, before expecting a great culture.

Be Very Clear
Through having a set of standards you state clearly and a process for identifying to people exactly what is expected of them, there will be no surprises. People will have their goals and targets. It will be easy for them to understand and deliver.

Encourage Sharing
Through your own modelling, you can help all of your people to work closely together in a generous and supportive way. Be the 'shining beacon' in this.

Anatomy of AlphaMeasure

Demographic Questions  Core Satisfaction Competencies  Custom Questions  Base Satisfaction Questions  Advanced Reporting  3 Package Levels  Invite Broadcasting System

This article was written by Martin Haworth.

Martin Haworth is the founder of Coaching Businesses to Success and has over 20 years experience of managing businesses large and small.

Be a Champion
Shout your loudest for how proud you are of your people as individuals and as a team. By flying their flag you will gel positive team spirit with individual performance.

Listen and Talk
Make contact with your people regularly, both formally and informally. Just listen to what they have to say, value their contribution (really, and show it!) and tell them the stuff they need to know.

Be a Part
Get yourself into the team. Show you are interested in the work they do - and even work with them too. Take the time and trouble to understand their work, their issues and their experiences.

Watch for Opportunity
Times will come when more can happen to bond your people together. They may not be obvious - so get alerted to these chances offered. Fine tune your awareness and go for it!

Appreciate Effort
Say 'thank you' and let people know they have done well - especially when they've gone an extra mile for you. Not only will they do it again, but you will also build your personal relationship with them and the culture.

Encourage
Where you have the opportunity, take the time to encourage the next phase of their growth. Make it a priority. People love to know how they are doing and what they can expect in their future. Give them some picture of their potential and a route to achieve it.

Let it Happen
Having an ongoing culture that works well is just something that can evolve. So keep out of the way as this wondrous thing starts to take place. Great cultures become self-fulfilling!

Five Simple Actions You Can Take Today!

Take a sense check of the 'culture' you currently have. Score it out of 10. What is missing for a 10?

Check out all the actions in the list above and see which you would score less than 10 for each of those. Where are your weak spots?

Identify any organisation, big or small who are exemplars of a wonderful culture. Find out what they do to nurture that.

Take time to be content with yourself about this. Culture comes - but it takes a little time to understand the concept and incorporate it's elements. It's OK.

Visualise what value Creating A Winning Culture will bring you.

There are some wonderful books, specifically about this. Here are the best:
"Good to Great" - Jim Collins
"Jack: Straight from the Gut" - Jack Welch
"Maverick!" - Ricardo Semler
"Moments of Truth" - Jan Carlzon

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