The 3 E's of a great workplace culture....

I asked ChatGPT to explain good work culture in a sentence - 'A good work culture is one where employees feel valued, supported, and collaborate seamlessly.'

Like most asians (can only speak from experience) I always cribbed as well as dreamt about work culture - having experienced a disastrous team culture in a work instance previously to dreaming about landing a role that appreciates my proactiveness and gives me the space to breathe.

Three months ago I started my first corporate job in the UK in a credit card company known for its brilliant people and amazing culture. I wondered then about how would I know what this intangible great culture means? Does a healthy work life balance count as a great culture? Probably not...While it is an important factor that feeds into a great workplace culture, I can assure you it's not just that.

Having discussed this over the past few weeks with so many people around me when they asked me, so Komal - How's life at Capital One? Last night, I asked myself the same question, so Komal how have the last three months at Capital One made you feel? Well I feel,

• engaged - I am genuinely interested in what I do
• encouraged - I am motivated to make a difference to my consumers
• empowered - I am excited to drive new ideas and businesses

and thats how I determined that I have landed something that fits my definition of an excellent culture.

The more I learn about this by observing how the company traditions, leadership decisions and employee inclusiveness shape positive workplace culture, the more energised I feel towards contributing to it and the better I perform - proving how good positive culture directly influences performance (at-least in my case!).

While I am yet to see how this job will help me get closer to my goals and ambition, I know for a fact that it has a great culture and I am so proud and happy to be part of it.....making it that way.