Shut the Culture Up: Why is it so Hard?

Today marks the beginning of the ‘Shut the Culture Up’ series in Michelle and Maria take an in-depth look at workplace cultures in businesses of all sizes. Special guest, Olivia, also joins our hosts to contribute her vast amount of knowledge and experience to this fascinating series of discussions.

In this first episode of the series, they explore the impact that the size of the organization has upon its ability to establish or influence the culture, as well as the role that leaders play in this area. The difference between the culture a corporation promotes in their marketing and the culture that actually exists there is also reviewed and they take a look at the examples that both Google and Amazon provide. Finally, they define just what culture means, and briefly touch upon two ways it can become defined within a business. Over the years, there has been no shortage of talk about cultures within organizations, and today’s episode begins a valuable series demonstrating how to change all that talk into some real action.

The Finer Details of This Episode:

• The impact of an organization’s size on its ability to establish culture
• Leadership’s role in influencing culture
• Marketing messages vs. ‘the real shit’
• A look at Google and Amazon
• Defining ‘culture’

Quotes:

“I don’t know that I believe that a company has the ability to establish a top down culture when you exceed a certain size.”

“You’ve got to have a strong foundation for your message to be heard.”

“Corporations try to sell this culture mentality and they don’t allow it to organically happen.”

“We’ve created this monster which is impossible.”

“You also have to be genuinely caring about the people that are working for you.”

“Amazon treats their workers like a sweatshop.”

“You can either try to play an active role in defining what the culture of your company is, or you can let the loudest person on your team decide what that culture is.”

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