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It's one of the most famous and identifiable buildings in the world and,
for the more cultured among us, it hosts some amazing operas and orchestras too.
Not exact matches
And FC Barcelona fights not only to win league titles — it has won Spain's La Liga two dozen times and many European championships — but also to maintain its unique
culture within Spain's semiautonomous region of Catalonia, which has battled
for its separate rights from Madrid
for more than a century.
If you develop a company
culture based on mutual understanding and respect, your employees are
more likely to enjoy their jobs and become ambassadors
for your brand and reputation.
When you consider that
more than half of workers are willing to leave their current jobs
for companies that show their appreciation to employees, adopting a
culture of gratitude becomes your most valuable retention strategy.
McKay has been immersed in that
culture for more than two decades, and chances are he'll continue to live and breathe it.
In our increasingly time - crunched, efficiency - addicted corporate
culture — where we're somehow
more and less connected than ever — that counts
for a lot.
That's also why Riot goes to great lengths to recruit and hire only hardcore gamers who think like its customers (
for more on Riot's hiring, see «How Riot Guards Its
Culture» below).
The New York — based Institute surveys
more than 5,000 Canadians on
for their opinions on well - known brand names, including companies» corporate citizenship, product quality, workplace
culture and
more.
With
more than 30 restaurants, 18 bars and clubs, nine cafes and coffee shops, boutiques, specialty stores and art galleries all within a mile radius, there's no need to travel far
for the
culture you need.
These outcomes are important
for a sound, collaborative company
culture where employees feel safe contributing new ideas and trying out new approaches: Google,
for instance, conducted a study that found employees who felt psychologically safe in their environments were less likely to leave,
more likely to leverage a diverse skill set and
more likely to be successful.
The board also promised to establish «a new mind - set» at the company, with «
more capacity
for criticism» — seemingly conceding there was something poisonous about the
culture Winterkorn presided over.
The larger a company becomes, the
more that
culture has to reinvent itself to accommodate
more employees and the need
for management.
Will she be a good fit
for your company
culture, getting along with other employees and — perhaps
more importantly — your clients?
While our
culture is one of individuality, it turns out from his research that there's a lot
more to be said
for happiness as part of a bigger, collective whole of family and your tribe.
Held at the Shaikh Ebrahim Center
for Culture and Research, the conference gathered 400 attendees and
more than 150 startups around the world.
Now White and his partners hire
more carefully, looking
for motivated, articulate people who are
more likely to adapt quickly to their companies» ethereal
culture.
Culture secretary Matt Hancock added: «Robust high quality journalism is important
for public debate and scrutiny - but as print circulations decline and
more readers move online, the press faces an uncertain future.
«In fact,
more than a quarter of U.S. international travelers consider themselves «sophisticated explorers»
for whom «exploring new
cultures and their traditions while on vacation» is their top travel motivation.»
Secretary of State
for Culture Karen Bradley, who is responsible
for media issues, said Tuesday she had written to media watchdog Ofcom
for more information on its views on Fox's bid
for London - listed Sky Plc, the biggest pay - tv operator in the U.K.
In the three decades it's taken him to build a company with a market cap of
more than $ 2 billion and capture 1 percent of the U.S. beer market, Koch has been building an internal «craft
culture» that mirrors processes
for making the company's signature Samuel Adams Lager.
Neon Roots has worked with
more than 100 clients, and that roster includes companies such as Spotify and Epson, and figures such as Snoop Dogg,
for whom they created the much - lauded cannabis -
culture app Merry Jane, and author - speaker Tony Robbins.
Employees say: «The company is far
more advanced than previous small companies that I've worked
for in its attention to detail, thoughtfulness, and deliberateness with how it crafts its
culture.
And although they've all been working together
for a few years and the team keeps growing, they've put together a
more formal
culture statement.
People ask us
for tips about creating a strong
culture and we always remind them that we're
more than 15 years into our efforts.
As technology advances and businesses become
more globalized, creating a truly diverse organizational
culture that incorporates basic human principles and fosters diversity of ideas and perspectives is not just good
for employees, Webster argues.
These design decisions help with building a
more collaborative
culture, but can also create a
more welcoming environment
for prospective employees when they come to interview.
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«Angling
for co-worker positions based on better pay, higher clout or
more accolades is a recipe
for wasted business energy and aggressive behavior that doesn't translate to a higher yield, faster turnaround or a better workplace
culture,» Smartt says.
For example, there are onboarding automation tools that allow you to spend less time doing paperwork on first days and
more time initiating people into your
culture.
Regardless, as
more charges are settled and new ones laid, calls
for stricter regulation, or a wholesale change in banking
culture, will only grow.
Whole Foods Market strives
for an egalitarian
culture and caps its executive salaries at no
more than 19 times that of the average worker.
In a time when many companies struggle with employee retention, his family business model has supported a
culture where many employees have stayed
for more than 20 years and refer their family members
for employment.
For geeky men who never fit in socially, brogrammer
culture may be reassuring in a way that
more anodyne corporate
cultures are not.
Recio credits that tight - knit
culture for persuading
more than 80 % of interns to come on as full - time employees.
A longtime investment banker with Morgan Stanley and ultimately the firm's CFO, Porat is the current steward of the unique
culture that cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin established
for their grad - school - like enterprise that now employs
more than 78,000 globally.
When
culture is something
more than just nice words, the spirit infuses everyone in the company so that, as leader, you know whether a new person, idea, customer or change is right
for your
culture.
Conversely, a
culture of «no - ego doers,» or a
culture that focuses
more on the craft than on the glory, tends to be one that invites candor, collaboration, and a sincere sense of pride
for other team members.
But if you act on these principles every day, every member of your company will see higher quality work — and when you zoom out, you'll see a
more productive
culture for your whole team.
Companies with a transparent
culture that encourages employee ownership are
more likely to position themselves
for sustainable growth, and they'll be better equipped to handle said growth and all the pains and joys that come with it.
The question of whether we can harness it
for creating anything
more substantial than amusing pictures of cats, Shirky writes, «will be answered much
more decisively by the opportunities we provide
for one another and by the
culture of the groups we form than by any particular technology.»
While he loved the
culture at Zappos.com, the online shoe store where he'd spent
more than three years as senior director of brand marketing, he wanted to look
for new opportunities at a large company in New York or a startup in San Francisco.
And the
more you work to build a
culture that exercises its» empathy muscle on a regular basis, the easier it will be
for you to expand your reach to win
more diverse customers.
For more on fostering a standout company
culture — whether you're in the throes of a companywide growth spurt or not — check out the valuable advice below from eight business leaders we polled as part of our Top Company
Cultures list.
Still, the consensus among experts is that Japan has to do
more to make its corporate
culture more conducive
for women — including closing the gender pay gap, providing incentives
for women to take up
more full - time work in growth areas and chart paths
for them to climb up the corporate ladder.
Company
culture is
more than flip - flops and Ping - Pong — it's a critical strategy
for helping define and maintain a consistent brand atmosphere among disparate groups of franchisees and staff.
She covers how company
culture, diversity, and relationship - based marketing helps businesses create remarkable customer experiences that get them the customers they want and keep them coming back
for more.
For others, though, factors like academic
culture, location or alumni networks may be just as, or even
more important than pure finances.
An effective employee sales strategy helps organizations find the best candidates — people who are a good match
for the
culture, can successfully meet the demands of the job and are
more likely to excel in the organization.
Jill Konrath, three - time best - selling author and sales methodology expert, joins us to talk about why a sale equals a change in the status quo
for the customer, why experimentation is powerful and necessary in today's sales
culture, and why sales is no longer a numbers game but a game of learning
more and learning
more efficiently.