Culture Chats: Recent Episodes
The Camber Group
Going beyond ping pong tables and beer taps at work. Sharing digestible anecdotes highlighting the importance and foundational pieces of true company culture.
Shoutout to Speakfully who inspired me to create this episode after being interviewed for their blog. Check them out!
To share your own stories in hopes they will help others in difficult situations, please email maggie@thecambergroup.com.
Thanks to Startup Week Chattanooga for letting me speak about this topic. To view the full talk and the correlating slides, please click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yI654Jsqk9E
Timestamps:
00:28 RECOGNITION - based on the behaviors you want to reinforce
01:23 Slack for informal recognition
04:00 What about formal recognition?
05:27 RITUALS - rituals are cool historically and anthropologically speaking
07:16 Rituals are repeated behaviors that establish a sense of community
10:10 CUES - reminders that keep people in touch with the purpose; they are the physical expressions of the cultre
11:10 Got some help on how to “do” cues from LinkedIn
13:30 We are NOT talking about employee engagement right now
Shoutout to CLxHQ and CLxATL!
Timestamps:
00:47 How I learned about these six core components to culture and the beginnings of CULTURE LABx ATL
06:02 PURPOSE - purpose connects the work to the vision
07:35 Personal story of disconnect and tension with other team members at a non-profit
09:56 VALUES - values are your beliefs about what’s important and what’s not
11:13 It’s OK for startups to create values as team and work take shape. And, values can pivot
13:05 The importance of personal core values
15:05 Team-specific values are OK but…
17:10 The keys to honest and good core values
19:37 BEHAVIORS - behaviors are a collective set of what people say and do
21:28 Performance still matters
22:30 Funky outro
Shoutout to CLxHQ and CLxATL!
Timestamps for all those cliffsnotes lovers out there:
00:01 Cute piano intro
00:45 Maggie’s brief background
01:41 The Camber Group’s founding
02:07 Why I’m launching this podcast
03:06 Differences between HR people and “people and culture” people part 1
04:11 How I got into the people and culture space
06:01 HR people vs. “people and culture” people part 2
07:21 Protecting the business vs. protecting the employee
08:40 What HR teams are typically bogged down by
09:05 Really bad analogy
10:26 “All of that is why I’m doing all of this…”
11:43 Tease of topics this season
12:36 Funky music outro