October Highlights: How to analyze your company's culture - and change it for the better

BUSINESS:?How to analyze your company’s culture - and change it for the better

INSPIRATION:?My Top 9 books from 2021/2022 & Future Skills

PLEASURE: Artsy October

BUSINESS

How can you analyze your company’s culture - aka ?the invisible“??And change it for the better? A good company culture is obviously so much more than nice to have.?But how can you make the intangible tangible?

One tool I found and really like is the ?WORDS ACTIONS BEHAVIORS“-Framework?by? Laura Del Beccaro ?(featured on FirstRoundReview?- I highly recommend reading the full article for helpful examples):

??NO. 1 WORDS: WHAT WE SAY AND HOW WE SAY IT.

• How often do we have meetings and how are they designed?
• How do folks talk to each other in meetings?
• How quickly do we expect someone to respond to a Slack message, an email, or anything else? How often are employees speaking to each other outside of meetings?
• How do people tend to express themselves when they're frustrated by something?
• Do you have a shared language to discuss difficult topics?
• How do you find out that something has gone wrong? Are people afraid to bring bad news to leaders?

??NO. 2 ACTIONS: WHAT WE DO, HOW WE DECIDE WHAT TO DO, AND HOW QUICKLY WE EXECUTE

• How are decisions made, and how do we tell people about them?
• How do we pay people? What’s our compensation philosophy?
• Who is promoted? Who is hired? Who sticks around?
• How do teams collaborate cross-functionally?

??NO. 3 BEHAVIORS: THE THINGS WE DO THAT AREN'T DIRECTLY RELATED TO OUR JOB DESCRIPTIONS

• How are people celebrated?
• What do we do that's unique to us as a company?
• How do we make people feel special when they join (or when they leave?)
• How do we get to know each other?
• When do people sign off? How often do people take vacation?

These essential questions are only one way to get the dialogue on your company’s culture started. Culture diagnosis and development are always work in progress.?Which questions would you add, which would you remove?

INSPIRATION

My Top 9 books from 2021/2022 (so far ??):?

??The woman I wanted to be // Diane von Fürstenberg

??Starting a revolution // Naomi Ryland & Lisa Jaspers

??What happened to you? // Bruce D. Perry & Oprah Winfrey

??Leadership and self-deception // The Arbinger Institute

??Stay away from Gretchen // Susanne Abel

??Therese’s T?chter // Marta Haberland

??Reinventing yourself // Steve Chandler

??August // Peter Richter

??Eurotrash // Christian Kracht

Which future skills do your leaders and employees need?

Thomas Kleindessner , CEO and Co-Founder of?Leaders21, introduces their?new skills development platform?and talks about the importance of?continuous learning:?Leaders21 Podcast

PLEASURE

Artsy October

Highlights International Artfair?at Residenz Munich - the name spoke for itself. Stunning pieces from antique to contemporary art.

Frauen der Boheme 1890 - 1920?at Monacensia Munich: Amazing exhibition about impressive women and the topics they advocated for, e.g. self-determination, independence, their own definition of motherhood and against all bourgeois expectations.

BAODT Pop Up Gallery?in cooperation with Porzellan Manufaktur Nymphenburg:

Source: Sophia Joan Short

Enjoy the long weekend - and zoom out a little...

- Nadine

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