The Friday Habit | The Importance of Culture Pt. 1

Show Notes

Today we have two amazing guests from The Perk, a leadership and culture development company! Steph Richter and Emily Edeman are Leadership Coach & Company Culture Consultants. Ben has personally hired them to help him with developing the culture at Knapsack.

Main Topic Notes

1. What is company culture?
2. How can a business owner solidify their culture and have it work even when they're gone?
3. How can a business owner develop better leaders to take things off of their shoulders?
4. What is DEI, and what can small business owners do to be proactive with DEI?

Recap / Takeaways

1. Culture is the daily behaviors of you and the people on your team
2. Your company has a culture whether you know it or not
3. Culture is continuously evolving and changing
4. Instead of having core values, define core behaviors to make your culture extremely clear
5. Review your core behaviors on a weekly basis
6. Ask potential hires questions that relate to your core behaviors
7. DEI isn't only about recruitment, there's more you can do
8. Get your info from more diverse sources (different authors or podcast hosts)
9. Use a scorecard to be more objective in your hiring process (this helps overcome biases)
10. Great cultures are built on trust, communication and alignment
11. To keep remote workers, have a weekly team meeting (everyone has their own screen)
12. Have 1-on-1's on a weekly basis

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