Especially as an entrepreneur, you spend a lot of your life at work. Why not make it enjoyable?
Categories Company Culture
What is company culture, anyway?
To a lot of business owners, company culture sounds, at best, a little abstract -- and at worse, like something they just don’t have time for.
But every company has a culture, no matter its size. And your startup's culture is affecting your productivity.
That’s right: whether you work in a co-working space or a coffee house, have one part-time employee or 103 global workers, conduct meetings on Skype or in board rooms, the tone YOU set as a leader impacts the way people (especially employees) think about your business. An effective culture fosters innovation, engagement and retention, but a negative environment can send people running.
The question is, what kind of culture are YOU creating right now?
16 Values All Startup Employees Should Share
All the drive in the world won’t get you far if you don’t share certain common values with your team.