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What's the truth about your culture?
THE DAILY WORK ENVIRONMENT MAY BE YOUR STRONGEST – OR YOUR WEAKEST – RECRUITING TOOL
OKAY, HERE’S TODAY’S POP QUIZ for all our married readers: Describe your spouse to a total stranger in 10 words or less.
Was that harder than it seemed? Have you grown so accustomed to his or her face that you rarely take a second look?
Now describe your corporate culture in 10 words or less. Was that equally as hard?
Despite the fact that every organization has its own distinct culture, chances are that most employees are so accustomed to functioning within it that they spend little time reflecting on it. It’s just there, and everybody adapts as best as they are able.
But once upon a time, each potential hire saw that culture for the first time and formed – perhaps in the blink of an eye – an opinion as to whether it would be the kind of environment that would foster many years of personal growth and satisfaction. And while company literature may have painted a rosy picture of a progressive, worker-friendly organization that treasures its employees and adores its customers, close observation may or may not have led to a similar conclusion.
Culture is the Personality of the Corporation
IN SIMPLEST TERMS, culture is the personality of the organization. That personality, however, consists of many different elements ranging from the way people behave to the way they dress and design their place of work.....
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