Cultivating Culture:
101 Ways to Foster Engagement in 15 Minutes or Less By CYNTHIA Y. THOMPSON
I can’t think of a better time for the HR community to have access to a book about cultivating culture! Due to hybrid work prevalent in today’s workplace and the many employees working from home due to the pandemic, companies are experiencing a “culture crisis.” How can organizations maintain their culture remotely? Daphne
With each chapter, he begins with the purpose, the time requirement, and materials needed. Brad provides specific discussions to help you facilitate your team using key questions to ask. He also provides key points and tips and examples that you can apply to your own situation for each of these eight categories.
Large, CEO of Data Facts, Inc. says, “our values and culture
What are the strategic benefits?
are the glue that holds us together.” She believes this
Learning to cultivate culture in the eight transformative areas will prepare your leaders to better communicate your organization’s mission, vision, core values and ethics to your employees. The first chapter discusses leading intentionally, and specifically how to “walk the talk.” When your leaders proactively role-model the behaviors you want to see, the company performance will be enhanced as team harmony improves and the desire to better serve your customers increases.
book is the nudge we need to work on our core values and culture. I couldn’t agree more! Cultivating Culture: 101 Ways to Foster Engagement in 15 minutes or Less by Brad Federman is a timely and relevant guide on how to enhance engagement that every leader should read – and implement.
Why should you read this book? Brad’s book includes over 100 ways to engage your team. It is the “how to” book on cultivating culture in eight key areas including: 1 Leadership 2 Communication 3 Talent development 4 Inclusion 5 Team harmony 6 Solution seeking 7 Safety 8 Serving your customers
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One of my favorite chapters is “Generating Inclusion.” I think we all agree on the importance of DEI in the workplace today. But many people do not understand the concept, and certainly do not know how to lead a team discussion on this topic. Brad discusses how to develop equitable workplaces and provides key points and questions and leads the facilitator through a series of steps: 1 Develop a spirit of inclusion. 2 Treat people fairly and equitably. 3 Recognize the values and differences in people. 4 Show respect for others. Each of the eight chapters leads us through the most important factors impacting the culture in our organizations. He provides questions and answers. The reader learns to lead and facilitate to make real change in their organization’s culture.
