Connect Your Culture Across Any Distance
Dr. Joey Faucette
Executive Coaching + Organizational Culture Transformation for HR Leaders & Small Business Owners ?? SHRM Recertification Provider ?? ICF PCC Certified
The Work Positive Blog
I was introduced to the pool game, Marco Polo, as a kid. I watched a boy in the middle of the pool with his eyes closed, yell, "Marco!" The others responded, "Polo!" as he swam toward their voices trying to tag them.
Years later, I adapted this game while shopping with my wife and teenage daughters. They'd go to stores like Aeropostale while I went elsewhere. Before smartphones existed, I'd walk into their favorite stores and call out, "Marco!" It's amazing how quickly teenage girls answer "Polo!" to avoid public embarrassment.
Do you feel like you're playing Marco Polo in a digital swimming pool?
You call out, "Marco!" to your remote team members, hoping to hear "Polo!" in response. Some days, you wonder if anyone's even in the water with you.
Trying to create a positive work culture with distributed teams today is a lot like playing Marco Polo. Marco can be fully remote, hybrid, or scratching their head due to return-to-office mandates echoing from Seattle to DC.
Here's the real question for you as an HR or small business leader: How do I grow people and profits through a positive work culture with so many different distributions of work?
The C in the C.O.N.N.E.C.T. framework for creating a positive culture in distributed teams is for Culture by Design: Connect Marco Intentionally.
The brutal truth is that before the pandemic, with everyone physically together, much of our work culture wasn't great.
Mary and Marcus sat in the office together yet weren't all that engaged, productive, or profitable.
We just tell ourselves they were.
Will Rogers said, "Things aren't the way they used to be...and probably never were."
Truth.
What’s your question about how to create a positive work culture? Ask Dr. Joey here.
This Week’s Do One Thing (DOT)
Taken from Dr. Joey's best-seller that’s available on Amazon for only $0.99, Do One More Thing (DOT): 15 More Experts Share Their Secrets to Work Culture Success at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQ5YDQXJ
DOTSights
In your work culture, make Lyndsay’s power skills a priority.
Train for them like you train for technical skills.?
Recognize and reward them.
Show your team that being authentic, vulnerable, and empathetic are strengths.
A work culture where people feel safe to be themselves, to take risks, to speak up is where innovation sprouts, loyalty grows, and results emerge.
Here's your Do One Thing challenge: value power skills.
Model them.
Encourage them in others.
Create a work culture where power skills are celebrated and rewarded.
For those who still think power skills are too squishy: show them the numbers.
Show them how these skills translate to hard results—productivity and profits increase.
Do One Thing today to embrace power skills.
Develop them in yourself and your team.?
Watch Lyndsay Dowd’s DOT on YouTube: https://youtube.com/shorts/tJXYa1F9tkM?feature=share
?? Dr. Joey’s new book,?Do One More Thing: 15 More Experts Share their Secrets to Work Culture Success, is already a best-seller.?
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The Work Positive Podcast
Episode 124 | Lead Better, Culture Follows | Christian Muntean
How intentionally are you developing yourself to create the culture your organization needs?
Discover the direct connection between leadership development and organizational culture on this episode of the Work Positive Podcast with Dr. Joey Faucette. Christian Muntean, author of "Train to Lead," reveals how the personal growth journey of leaders directly shapes the environment their teams experience.
Listen as Dr. Joey and Christian explore:
?? Why team performance depends more on leadership than resources or environment?
?? How to transform abstract values into specific, measurable behaviors?
?? The process of building a "magnetic organization" that attracts top talent?
?? Why culture problems consistently trace back to leadership behaviors?
?? Creating an intentional development pathway for emerging leaders
Christian transforms organizations by helping leaders understand that culture isn't accidental—it's a direct reflection of leadership values and behaviors. His structured approach ensures personal growth and leadership development work together to create sustainable positive cultures within teams.
?? Key Insight: "The actual lived values and behaviors of your leadership team will inform the entire culture of your organization. If you're not getting the culture you want and you are an executive, leader, or owner, it is your responsibility to change that."
?? Your DOT (Do One Thing): Look at the results you're getting, track them back to what you've communicated intentionally or unintentionally about your culture, and be deliberate about transforming values into specific behaviors for each department.
Listen to this episode at https://workpositive.today/christian-muntean
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