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The Importance of Trust and Values in Workplace Culture

by | December 8, 2015 | Top Workplaces, Workplace Culture

Brand Expert Says Great Companies Put Values Ahead of Profits How do great companies create long-term success? Not by focusing on the balance sheet, a corporate brand expert says, but by improving people’s lives based on strong, shared values using workplace culture. “Great companies have an amazing opportunity to provide a lifelong impact on all […]

Employees live the dream with $100,000 bonuses

A company bonus is nice. A $100,000 bonus is life-changing. That’s the amount pocketed this year by employees of Hilcorp, a Houston-based, privately held oil and gas exploration and production company. They are living “Dream 2015,” a five-year incentive plan that offered a $100,000 cash award if the company doubled its production rate, reserves, and value. […]

Good Things Come to Companies that Invest in Culture

Inside Detroit’s Top Workplaces: Good Things Come to Companies that Invest in Culture When companies invest in employees who have good attitudes and who show effort, good things will follow, top business leaders in Detroit say. Find those people, motivate them, and keep them. Nearly 500 people heard that advice from Bill Emerson, CEO of […]

Fun at Work

The Serious Business of Fun at Work Have you ever walked into a business and immediately sensed whether or not it would be a good place to work? Have you ever said to yourself, “I’d love to work here” or “I’m not sure I would fit in”? The culture and environment of your office, and […]

It’s Time to Listen: The Key to Engaging Employees Part II

The “reluctant CEO” called me a few weeks later and invited me to spend the day with his managers and employees. “Listen to them and see if you can tell me what’s wrong,” he said. He repeated his position. “These folks just need to grow up.” The point of my earlier visit, I offered, was […]