How to rebuild your organization from the ground up
by: Aaron Dignanon: 
Medium
Medium
Building Culture
Your product or service is what your team does all day. Culture is why they do the work. Why they enjoy their work, why they stay, why they refer friends for open positions. You should build your culture authentically, but this topic shows you how others built and defined their culture. 
The OS Canvas – The Ready – Medium
A Voight-Kampff Test for Identifying Engineering Managers
When I joined Reddit in late 2016, I was faced with a unique challenge: tripling the size of the engineering organization within a year.
by: Nick Caldwellon: 
Hacker Noon
Hacker Noon
New Managers: The Complete Guide | Officevibe
You’ve just stepped into one of the most significant roles in the workforce because you have the most direct impact on employees -- the heart of every organization. Learn how…
by: Alison Robinson: 
Officevibe
Officevibe
CTO vs VP Engineering: What's the Difference? - Ivy Exec Blog
For a startup, a big question is determining which hire to make? CTO vs VP of Engineering? Learn the role for each in this article.
by: Elaine Chenon: 
Ivy Exec Blog
Ivy Exec Blog
The first two questions to ask when your team is struggling
"What have I done?" is not one of them.
by: Cate Hustonon: 
Quartz at Work
Quartz at WorkBeing a Great Engineering Mentor
Here are some thoughts how I think about being a great engineering mentor. To me the most important thing is remembering “who to be”, and not as much as “how…
on: www.xkyle.com
Bored People Quit
Much has been written about employee motivation and retention. It’s written by folks who actively use words like motivation and retention and generally don’t have a clue about the daily…
by: randson: 
Rands in Repose
Rands in Repose
How to Foster Inclusivity at Your Company – The Customer Service Blog By Help Scout – Medium
Think about a time in your life when you felt most included. What was going on, and how did it feel?
by: Chanita Simmson: 
Medium
Medium
The Mindset Shift: How to become a good new manager - Know Your Team | Blog
How to become be a good new manager? Of all the management advice for new managers, embrace this one, first.
by: Claire Lewon: 
Know Your Team | Blog
Know Your Team | Blog
To Reduce Burnout on Your Team, Give People a Sense of Control
Create a team charter.
on: 
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
Are your one-on-ones helping or hurting your company culture?
My job is helping people build healthy, inclusive workplace cultures. That’s not always simple or straightforward and I have to answer a…
by: Nicole Sanchezon: 
Medium
Medium
basecamp/handbook
Basecamp Employee Handbook. Contribute to basecamp/handbook development by creating an account on GitHub.
on: 
GitHub
GitHub
Culture - Continuous Delivery
Edgar Schein, author of The Corporate Culture Survival Guide, defines culture as “a pattern of shared tacit assumptions that was learned by a group as it solved its problems of…
on: 
continuousdelivery.com
continuousdelivery.com
Range
The Operating System Canvas – The Ready – Medium
A new and improved tool for reinventing your organization
by: Aaron Dignanon: 
Medium
Medium
Kempy on Twitter
“I want to tell you a story about @mekkaokereke and micro-sponsorship.”
by: Kempyon: 
Twitter
Twitter
The Best Way We’ve Found To Get Employees To Take More Vacation Time (And It Isn’t Unlimited Vacation) - Open
For a year we've asked employees take at least three weeks vacation. Here is exactly how much vacation time we take and our thoughts on making it work.
by: Hailley Griffison: 
Open
Open
Culture (Original 2009 version)
First public version of the Netflix Culture slides.
by: Reed Hastingson: 
SlideShare
SlideShare
Culture
This is an archive of prior version New version is at: jobs.netflix.com/culture 1
by: Reed Hastingson: SlideShare
SlideShare
Innovation Isn’t All Fun and Games — Creativity Needs Discipline
The hard truth about innovation cultures.
on: Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
Culture Code: Creating A Lovable Company
An inside peek at how we work and what we believe at HubSpot. This is part culture manifesto, part employee handbook and part diary of dreams. Visit us at www.……
by: HubSpoton: SlideShare
SlideShare
Most Company Culture Posts are Fluffy Bullshit — Here is what you actually need to know
Company Culture is an annoying subject to research. It’s a mushy marshland of vague language, incomplete redefinitions, navel-gazing…
by: Eric Jorgensonon: 
Medium
Medium
clef/handbook
An employee handbook built for inclusion. Contribute to clef/handbook development by creating an account on GitHub.
on: GitHub
GitHub
GitLab
Opinion | Kindness Is a Skill
Practical tips for fighting a culture of savagery.
by: By DAVID BROOKSon: 
The New York Times
The New York Times
Founding Fodder
On the importance of setting direction and engendering organizational focus by formalizing the foundational concepts of an organization.
by: David E. Wheeleron: 
❖ Just a Theory
❖ Just a Theory
How to Create a Team Purpose Statement in Three Steps (and Why) - People Leaders
It’s fair to say that most organisations have a Purpose Statement, Mission Statement or something that determines the company's’ scope of operations and direction. However, though they need just as…
by: PeopleLeaderson: 
People Leaders
People Leaders
Our Core Values and Operating Principles
It’s always been critically important to me that we have an explicit guide, that we can point to and reference, that speaks to what we value and how we operate.…
on: 
Reaction Commerce Blog
Reaction Commerce Blog
Building a Culture of Continuous Improvement
A culture of continuous improvement means you are open to improving how you build and deliver. You don't accept the status quo; you choose how to work and feel empowered…
on: 
TechWell
TechWell
The 32 best employee engagement questions with the highest response rates - Know Your Team | Blog
If you're looking for the best employee engagement survey questions to ask your team, these 32 questions have the highest response rates in Know Your Team.
by: Claire Lewon: Know Your Team | Blog
Know Your Team | BlogQuick note: Friday wins and a case study in ritual design
Culture is what you celebrate. Rituals are the tools you use to shape culture.
on: Kellan Elliott-McCrea
Why is my team not doing what I expect from them?
A question that I’ve come across frequently is why a team is not doing what their manager expects them to do. The flip side of this question could be phrased…
by: Mathias Meyeron: 
www.paperplanes.de
www.paperplanes.de
Cognitive Bias And Why Performance Management is So Hard
by Osman (Ozzie) Ahmed Osman Cognitive Bias And Why Performance Management is So Hard Photo Credit: Tim Gouw [undefined] on UnsplashedOften, at work, you might come across someone who is…
on: 
Developer News
Developer NewsImplementing Culture, A Hidden Journey - Gareth Evans
Taking the time to understand what is important to you, and the future of your world is the easy part. The hard part? Implementation.
on: garoevans.com
Kieran Snyder on Twitter
“1 You can tell a lot about a leader (at any level) based on when they use “we” and “you” pronouns at work. Thread >>”
by: Kieran Snyderon: Twitter
Twitter
Atlassian Team Playbook - Team Building Activities that Work
Forget trust falls and ropes courses. These are activities for building your team's Get $#!τ Done muscle and working better together.
by: Atlassianon: 
Atlassian
Atlassian
How to Encourage a Culture of Courage - NOBL Academy
Building a courageous culture, in which everyone has the opportunity—and responsibility—to speak up is critical. Courageous companies were market leaders and engendered the most trust among their customers—and they also…
by: Paula Cizekon: 
NOBL Academy
NOBL AcademyTopics
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