Tom Ward's Blog

One of the most important building blocks for a highly successful organization and an extraordinary workplace is “organizational culture.” This importance is based on the set of shared beliefs, truths, assumptions, and values that operate in organizations.  Organizational culture has been described as “How people behave when no one is looking.” Why should you think about this in your organization? Because behind the scenes of what happens in the day-to-day life of organizations and employees is culture. Culture is everywhere. It directly impacts what happens or does not happen in organizations. Some of the most successful companies in the world can attribute this success to their good culture. A prime example is Google. Google offers their staff free meals, a swimming spa, and free doctors onsite. As well as this Engineers can spend 20% of their working time on independent projects. As a result Google is receiving over 1300 resumes a day. People at Google want to work there. They enjoy what they are doing and enjoy coming to work. When a company operates with a workforce full of positive attitudes then success is just about inevitable. Google’s multi billion dollar annual profits paint a clear example of this.