Q It is well known that attracting diverse talent is difficult, and it can be even more so to retain one. What is your company’s approach to this issue?
Attracting diverse talent for your company is critical for long-term success. But that’s just the beginning. Retaining your best talent requires an extraordinary culture where ideas are heard, goals are surpassed, and everyone can contribute and thrive. We believe the employee experience is fundamental to your business growth and sustained success.
Q What happens when we shift the focus from corporate culture to team culture instead?
Culture is nurtured over time and team culture ends up influencing corporate culture over time. We are drawn to leaders and organizations that are good at communicating what they believe. Their ability to make us feel like we belong, to make us feel special, safe and not alone is part of what gives them the ability to inspire us.
Great culture breeds success. Great culture attracts great talent. Great culture retains talent.
Q Do you think that the most effective way to improve performance and engagement is to focus on individuals or on the team? Why?
Our mission statement is “Unlocking the power of people and teams.”
Focusing on the moments that matter. These are the moments that inspire, elevate, develop, connect and sometimes just make things a little bit easier.
Great companies don’t hire skilled people and motivate them, they hire already motivated people and inspire them.
Q What creates a sense of belonging and connection among high performing teams?
Focusing on the moments that matter and employee experience.
- Getting moments right matter by elevating, developing, inspiring, and connecting unlocks people’s energy and motivation.
- Getting too many moments wrong destroys value…it creates frustration, reduces organizational agility, increases turnover, and inhibits customer delivery.
High-performing cultures come from highly engaged employees gaining meaningful experiences throughout their lifecycle – all the moments that most inspire, lead, recognize, and develop them. We help manage all of these, in ways that retain great people and deliver the best results.
Q Do you agree that people like to be a part of a team? Is it true that the smaller the group is, the stronger is the affiliation?
I do agree. People by default have a desire to have a connection and be a part of a greater good and greater purpose.
I don’t think a smaller team means a stronger sense of affiliation or belonging. There are only two ways to influence human behavior: you can manipulate it or you can inspire it. I believe in the later.
Thank you for sharing your valuable insights on the topic.
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