“We are embedding health and wellbeing at the heart of our business strategy because our people are our greatest asset, and we recognize that a healthy, happy and committed workforce is vital to our business success.”11 – Alex Gourlay, Co-Chief … Read More
Yearly Archives: 2018
Ownership: the mindset shift from ‘company’s work’ to ‘my work’
“In our experience, we have seen that accountability or ownership matters as much as anything else people do on the job. It means that everyone makes a personal commitment to achieving the organization’s results. Creating the right culture is not … Read More
Organization’s communication patterns feed into its culture
“We treat employees as units of productivity, workers to do our bidding. We interact with people but don’t form relationships. Unsurprisingly when we treat people this way they do not feel empowered or motivated.” – Be Understood or Be Overlooked, … Read More
Give employees a sense of purpose to have the fastest rowing boat
“We know we need to deliver the kind of top-tier financial results our investors, associates, and all our stakeholders expect. And we also know something else. We know we need to do it with a sense of purpose, a moral … Read More
Organisation’s Core lies in its Human Capital
“Employees are a company’s greatest asset – they’re your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company’s mission.” – Anne … Read More
Culture: Whose cheese is it to move?
It was around mid of March 2018 when the news of two senior-level executives from Nike quitting came out. This came out as a result of behavioral misconduct by a select few managers ad executives. What followed was a greater … Read More
Productivity vs. Efficiency: Maximizing the energy you possess
In a small town near the banks of river Ganga stood a modest house. The woman who had called this house home for fifty years was sitting on a chair. She stared at the trees where her children played, the … Read More
GetMyParking’s change in Workplace Experience led to a boost in employee productivity
Problem Context GetMyParking(GMP) is a leading Smart Parking platform for smart cities. GMP’s end-to-end digitization platform provides a real-time bird’s eye view of all parking information to urban commuters, parking management companies, and the city administration. GMP’s founding team needed … Read More
$$$ to the bottom line: Tangible value of culture
In the ancient mythological text of Mahabharata, an anecdote is narrated about Guru Dronacharya. The teacher of archery was accused by his students of showing favoritism towards Arjuna. The teacher simply summoned his students and asked them to aim for … Read More
Measure culture and master the force of your organization
In April of the year 2008, the International Atomic Energy Agency was put on high alert. There had been a nuclear leak. What was more disturbing was that the leak occurred in November of the previous year and it had … Read More