Culture Fitness

Culture Fitness

Have you checked in on the overall health of your team lately?

What would a new hire think of your current team?

Companies all over the world – particularly those of the higher-profile variety – tout their positive cultures and how great it is to be part of the team. This is especially true in the age of social media, when groups and teams within companies frequently post about what they’re doing to make the company a better place to work and move positive initiatives forward. But what a shrewd potential hire should really be looking for is a culture with true depth, not just a social media presence.

The United States Navy is a great practitioner and example of this true depth of culture in the way they recruit for the famed SEAL Team Six. New members aren’t chosen solely on past performance, even if they’re the best of the best. They’re chosen based on performance and their ability to be trusted, with even lower performers sometimes chosen due to the fact they can be trusted more so than others.

If a potential new hire – whose work history indicated high performance and high trust – was on interview number two or three and came in to meet with several members of your current team to get a feel for the overall culture, what would that person think at the conclusion of those meetings? With that consideration in mind, think about the culture of your current team and if it’s an environment that would attract or repel prospective talent.

SOCulture

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