How to Create a Culture Book
You don’t have to have a big budget, just a bit of creativity to create your own Culture Book:
- Ask your teammates to offer up Value Stories that they think exemplify the company culture.
- Print and distribute this List of 150 Core Values. Let everyone choose their core values and their wish values.
- Vote to eliminate and agree on a shorter list of maybe five to seven core values that represent your team currently and the wish values you commit to trying to become.
- Make sure you make sure these values are very visible to everyone. Perhaps consider enabling the creation of a Work Expo which allow teammates to create visual representations of these values, including anything from stories to photos to notes from customers.
- Bring all of these examples of your values together in a colorful and creative way to welcome new teammates. If one of your values is transparency, consider publishing your Culture Book online.
- Encourage all employees to update your Culture Book regularly.