Culture Fitment happens when the individual career journey aligns well and is in the same direction as the culture journey of the organization. As Jim Collins, author of "Good To Great" said, First Who, Then What! He explains the point on how successful companies have talent management practices to get the right people on the bus and offloading those who are not and then figuring out if people are on the right seats before taking on the journey.
HBR Read - "Who Are the "Right" People to Invite on Your Bus?
So how do you determine that you are on boarding people with the right culture fit on the bus?
Giving the same analogy of a journey, here are the 5 things successful companies do.
Display Your Destination
Run On Time
Second, the bus should run on time. Companies that have a reputation of running their business on time with customers earn the reputation with employees too. Potential workforce like being on a bus that runs on time and also look out for those that off board who prevent running them on time.
Tell Upfront and Be Transparent
Thirdly, the bus should have more leg room and space to walk, work and relax. Letting people know that they need to wear seat belts when the ride is turbulent is an early signal to ensure that there may be a bumpy ride and the people are aware of it.
The cost of on boarding than just the return expected
Fourthly, it helps to communicate in advance the seats/positions that the bus has and what it costs to be on that. Letting people know on the availability of the other seats and possibility to upgrade at any time during the journey is a good way to build an open system of seat preference. In the organization context it is about flexibility to do job rotation and role preference mapping.
Have Trust
Lastly, it is about focusing on the journey and having the trust in the person/s driving the bus to take the passengers home!
Great leadership happens when we do all of the above in our interaction with our potential workforce at all times. I particularly liked Dharmesh Shah article on "5 Quick Questions to help determine culture fit".
It is a great read and highly recommended.
Please do write back with your comments and experiences on this topic to me to further build on.
Thanks!
Dheeraj
HBR Read - "Who Are the "Right" People to Invite on Your Bus?
So how do you determine that you are on boarding people with the right culture fit on the bus?
Giving the same analogy of a journey, here are the 5 things successful companies do.
Display Your Destination
One, the bus should clearly display the destination it is headed to. Companies that brand that and talk about it in their conversations with potential workforce are more successful in getting the right people on the bus. There are examples of companies like Facebook having a mission to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected..
Run On Time
Second, the bus should run on time. Companies that have a reputation of running their business on time with customers earn the reputation with employees too. Potential workforce like being on a bus that runs on time and also look out for those that off board who prevent running them on time.
Tell Upfront and Be Transparent
Thirdly, the bus should have more leg room and space to walk, work and relax. Letting people know that they need to wear seat belts when the ride is turbulent is an early signal to ensure that there may be a bumpy ride and the people are aware of it.
The cost of on boarding than just the return expected
Fourthly, it helps to communicate in advance the seats/positions that the bus has and what it costs to be on that. Letting people know on the availability of the other seats and possibility to upgrade at any time during the journey is a good way to build an open system of seat preference. In the organization context it is about flexibility to do job rotation and role preference mapping.
Have Trust
Lastly, it is about focusing on the journey and having the trust in the person/s driving the bus to take the passengers home!
Great leadership happens when we do all of the above in our interaction with our potential workforce at all times. I particularly liked Dharmesh Shah article on "5 Quick Questions to help determine culture fit".
It is a great read and highly recommended.
Please do write back with your comments and experiences on this topic to me to further build on.
Thanks!
Dheeraj
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