The lackluster turnout here is a sign of how stagnant our city political
culture has gotten.
«
Our culture has gotten to a place where women are afraid of giving birth without anesthesia so that rules out giving birth at a birth center,» says Osborne.
This year alone, it seems like pop
culture has gotten seriously nostalgic.
This year alone, it seems like pop
culture has gotten...
«
Our culture has gotten too mean and too rough, especially to children and teenagers,» she said, speaking at a rally outside Philadelphia.
«We have also proposed N1.9 billion for the Judiciary and N5.6 billion for Transportation sector while Information, Youth and
Culture would get N1.4 billion», he said.
«The National Commission on
Culture has got theatres across the 10 regions of Ghana but most of them are in bad shapes — so we shall, through this private - public partnership, craft them into state of the arts conditions, so that our filmmakers can premier or screen their movies across the nation to make some good money even before they release the movies unto the market» he added.
With people of all ages, nationalities, and culture you'd get a mix of personalities out there that is highly interesting.
Not exact matches
«They see mainstream
culture, and they say, «Hey, I think I
'd like to move off,
get a car,
get a house, go to the mall.»»
So, you'll
have to learn to turn a deaf ear to the complaints about how the new guy or girl doesn't «
get it»; doesn't know every single thing on day one; isn't fitting into the system or the
culture, etc..
All of these things take time to learn, and this knowledge base is part of the unique
culture and shared language of the company; when employees leave, or when new hires
get brought on board, the company needs to
have a plan in place to preserve the continuity of the company's institutional knowledge.
One person said they felt slightly uncomfortable with how personal the life /
culture interview
got, and that the discussion portion felt as if they
had stepped into a college classroom and were being quizzed by a professor.
Dig Deeper: Yvon Chouinard, Founder of Patagonia, on Corporate
Culture Resources: * The Ethical Leadership Group and consulting firms like it serve companies who
have gone astray from their philosophies and are looking to
get back on track ethically.
New leaders
have a limited time to set a company's
culture and
get people on board with their vision
Once you are able to successfully
get past the hiring stage, focus on building a great
culture that makes room for creativity, as your workplace environment
has a big influence on how well you can execute on your strategies.
Getting to know a co-worker isn't a bad way to while away your lunch hour, but according to FreshBooks the program
has actually
had a deeper impact on company
culture and inter-team connection.
«Even though [the Mash]
gets a lot of respect for being a leading voice in
culture, you
have to be careful about seeing what everyone else is ready for.»
«We
had a great
culture and hundreds of people were applying for positions, so we could
have gotten away with underpaying for a while longer,» he says.
Diving deeper into their organizations to assess
culture and morale and «
get the full picture,» I
've found multiple fingers pointing back at management.
Wheeler said he thinks Yahoo called everyone back to work «because they
had gotten into a
culture of laziness,» and that the firm will likely loosen the restrictions soon.
The CEO of REI
has acknowledged that employees can
get benefits anywhere, but allowing outdoors - oriented employees to immerse themselves in REI
culture is what makes it unique.
But he adds lifers
have an advantage in their institutional knowledge «If it's a great
culture you know how to perpetuate it; if it's
got problems, you know what thinks need to change.»
So the lesson is that when an organization's
culture already
has a chilling effect, you can't
get people to engage in an ongoing, companywide
culture of conversation just by telling them to do so.
We're going to
have over 60,000 new employees this year, so it makes it difficult to
get the message out about who we are and what we want to be — the underdog
culture.
Shook Kelley principal Kevin Kelley disagreed: «Whole Foods
gets culture,» he said, and
has the experience to successfully choose what goes on the shelves in smaller 365 stores.
«If you
have a strong employee - centric community as well as
culture, you notice employees actually take the initiative to go and fix problems before they
get escalated.»
«When you
have strong leaders and a
culture where people feel supported and valued, you can
get through bumps like that a lot more easily,» says Mayne.
Three of us started the company, we were first time software entrepreneurs, we were starting in a difficult environment in late 2000 when the Internet bubble
had burst, we couldn't
get funding, we were working without salaries and
having no financial cushion... but almost in a linear fashion it just
got better and better: more momentum, more customers, better
culture, better technology.
We tend to be more cautious and
have a
culture of using our scarce cash more efficiently, and that may help us actually
get through this.»
Targeted to tourists, Travelmob allows guests to immerse themselves in the local
culture of their destination and
have an authentic travel experience that they wouldn't otherwise
get staying at a typical hotel.
As an employer, if you want to keep an employee who is
getting paid lower than the average, you either should
have a great company
culture or a well - known brand recognition.
«Even when you
have a deal that looks lovely on paper,» says Wharton's Emilie Feldman, «
getting cultures to fit together, people to stay on board, merging I.T. systems and back offices: all these things are really hard.»
Saujani also been outspoken about the so - called «brogrammer»
culture that
has spread in Silicon Valley companies and why
getting more girls to code isn't a moral issue, but rather an economic necessity.
We also
have an amazing company
culture in that everyone
gets along really well and WANTS to hang out with each other outside of the office.
What was your process in
getting started, and
have you seen any changes in your staff's motivation or
culture?
«It made us pause and contemplate what we
had and
get our cost base in line and our
culture in order,» says Throop.
«I
'd also
have everybody kind of
get focused on a similar mission and drive a
culture to improve health care costs by lowering them, drive greater levels of effectiveness overall and making sure that we are driving a great deal of consumer satisfaction.»
Not only do you
have to find top - level candidates capable of both building something from scratch and
getting along in your new company
culture, you also
have to find candidates your limited budget can afford.
Still, while
culture may be not be a make - or - break factor in an interview, it's of course important to
get a sense of how candidates
would fit into your organization.
To foster a strong team
culture, «we do things like everyone
gets a Nerf gun on their first day, and we'll
have Nerf battles to break the ice,» says Raymond.
You
've got to pass judgment on an uncertain future and curate
culture,» he says.
Excessive drinking and other Mad Men - like behavior
have become part of the
culture of
getting an MBA degree at schools like Harvard and Wharton, including, in some cases, sexual harassment.
Today, we love the
culture we
have, though it took a lot of hard work to
get it to where it is.
«I told Beyonce that I was afraid the predominately white audience at Coachella
would be confused by all of the black
culture and black college
culture because it was something that they might not
get.»
Fearing that a
culture pushed from the top down wouldn't
get buy - in from employees, Khosrowshahi invited his people to write Uber's new cultural norms instead.
But too many managers who
've hopped aboard the
culture - fit bandwagon are
getting it wrong by confusing «harmony» with «conformity.»
I do think that not just the next CEO but also the management team we leave behind
have to be completely determined to make sure that
culture gets stronger and stronger,» says Smith.
It seems like we
've acclimated to a
culture of running around to meet deadlines and obligations, whereby we never
get personally fulfilled.
Facebook
has created this
culture of «We
've got ta
have this billion - dollar exit or it's a complete failure» mentality.»
Successful discount airlines «
have a
culture that was focused from the
get - go on being a highly efficient, lower - cost airline,» says Doerksen.