Culture = Patterns of Behavior
if it is not clear what behaviors your company values and expects, then people are left to their interpretations and personal biases of what behaviors are expected of them. Their behaviors could be aligned or misaligned with what you expect. However, they are only doing the best they can with what they know, drawing on their historical experience of what those words mean.
Cultured by Design
If your company is growing incredibly fast within a year (if not months), from a tight-knit core team to over a hundred employees, it will be natural to feel like you are losing control. Furthermore, it will be natural to fear that the behaviors and practices that made your company great today, won’t translate to your new team members in the future.
We can’t tell you how to build your culture. But we can share essential first-principles that will help augment your culture-building efforts. In this post, we share seven things to consider when growing, cultivating, and refining your company culture.