What is the essential characteristic of a good company culture for you?
Çağan Yıldırım
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Open communication is crucial for me. It is important for people to express their thoughts openly to ensure a good company culture. What do you want to have in a company to improve culture?
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Psychological safety
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Trust! being able to lean on each other and trust your team is so important, helps create a great team dynamic when everyone is aligned with each other
@cagan_yildirim Completely! And it definitely takes time to build a solid foundation. Any tips you've found help with building trust?
@rywong Spending time in the same office, small talks, and traveling together for a business journey, in other words, spending time to together without talking about business stuff was helping to create good communication among coworkers before the pandemic. We were not so aware of its power before, however, playing games together is another good way to create bonds (especially in the remote/hybrid work models). That's why we're building Guul as a social gaming platform for businesses :)
@gouthamj absolutely! Check out the side effects of micromanaging on employee engagement -> https://www.gartner.com/en/artic...
Totally agree. Everyone feeling safe enough to voice their opinion is huge.
Curious to see what @jade_mack would say (our wonderful Head of People and Culture)
Ohhh so hard to narrow it down to just one essential characteristic :)
I'd probably say trust & psychological safety, but also a collective pursuit of excellence, growth & accountability all help create a really healthy culture also.
Everyone is working towards the same goal when you're in an organization. The organization contains different kinds of people, so it's important to become a team player. Not everyone has the same level of skills and it is not fine to compare with another employee, instead as a manager or founder you need to find out what they're good at and assign related work to them.
For me, a good company culture is the one that makes employees feel valued and appreciated, so that they are encouraged to make meaningful contributions to the organization. When employees feel valued, they will be more loyal to the company and more likely to put in extra efforts.
I'd probably say trust & psychological safety, but also a collective pursuit of excellence, growth & accountability all help create a really healthy culture also. A transparent environment with a free-to-speak approach. Everyone is working towards the same goal when you're in an organization.
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Understanding your differences and encouraging you to overcome your weaknesses.
Definitely trust and it works both ways.
We adopted remote working a year or so before Covid, when it became the norm. People thought we were crazy. But I was always confused when people asked how we knew our team were working. It never dawned on me that we couldn't trust our team because if we didn't trust them, they wouldn't still be in the company, irrespective of whether they worked from the office or home.
It definitely works both ways though, managers need to be reliable and trustworthy in order to earn the teams trust too!
@martine_hammar That's true! Trust in remote work environments is easy to establish for younger generations as they have always been used to on-demand living. On the other side, X-gen and earlier generations sometimes find it quite hard to trust someone unless everything occurs in front of their eyes :)
@cagan_yildirim Agreed, but how much micromanaging can they really do if they're working at the same time?
@martine_hammar That's another good point. Focusing on the outputs and the deadlines rather than trying to monitor every step like a big brother may be the key here.
Here are my top 10:
Effective communication
Diversity
Learning opportunities
Recognition
Clear and defined purpose
Positive environment
Teamwork
Goals and strategies
Respect and fairness
Strong leadership
Aligned values across everyone - that means that no one is compromised and everyone feels in step with their team mates. Great for culture and morale!
The culture must involve everyone in the growth of the company towards its ultimate vision. The CEO cannot sit with every employee and help them make every decision.
This is where the culture comes in.
The culture must help in putting things into perspective, it must make employees feel something like what the customer feels.
For example I am building a new social media platform and I am planning on banning the word user in all company communication it must be replaced by the word customer because it will be a paid app not a free app.
good communication, healthy collaboration
Recognising good work is an important morale booster and helps encourage employee engagement. I think companies should have a formal reward system in place that provides other benefits to employees who help meet company objectives. Informal rewards—like notes, special events, or gifts—can also make employees feel valued without greatly affecting a company’s bottom line.
Trust and Faith are essential characteristics. Feel free and let me know if you agree or disagree and also why?
I think having a culture where leadership is approachable and having a cultural attitude of trying new things without being held back due to fear of failure helps.
Open communication is crucial for me. It is important for people to express their thoughts openly to ensure a good company culture.
Work-life balance