Are you preparing your business for a merger or acquisition? While it is essential to get your financials and your business plan in order, it is also important to ensure your company culture is optimized. According to the study “Corporate Culture: Evidence from the Field” 91% of executives said they believed improving company culture would increase their company’s valuation. Here’s why.
Hiring the right employees is one of the most important parts of your business, it can also be the most challenging. There is nothing worse than hiring an employee who has all of the skills, but is not properly aligned in their role. It’s expensive to hire and fire, so role and value alignment should be at the core of your recruiting process. Here are five steps to ensure your new hire turns into a rockstar.
SDBJ’s Best Places to Work nominees were published in the September 6th issue.
Whether you’re on the list or not, you can actually be one of the best places to work. It takes more than just a ping pong table in the common area and food truck Fridays. While those may be fun added perks for your employees, the real way to become one of the best companies to work for is to start from the ground up.
At Culture Works, our team is the backbone of our success. This month we decided to give you the opportunity to get to know our CIO, Jim McGowan. Jim is truly one-of-a-kind. His dry humor, leadership capabilities, and adventurous personality bring so much joy and expertise to the Culture Works team. This month we’re giving you a deeper look into who Jim is beyond Culture Works.
At Culture Works, we understand that leadership is one of the most important ways to foster great culture. Our fearless leader, Kristi Pastore, is one of the best examples of creating a community to drive success throughout our company. So, we’ve decided to give you a little insight into what inspires her and how she’s gotten to where she is, CEO of Culture Works. Here’s our CEO Spotlight with Kristi Pastore: