Brain science indicates that creating a valuing-people culture leads to success with other lagging indicators, including profit. Learn why in this short video.
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95% of Small Businesses Fail Without Cultural Leadership
Good Morning HR Podcast Interview of Randal Weidenaar, Founder of VP Culture
There’s one thing that motivates people, and it activates serotonin in our brains. Traditional management practice has over-relied upon dopamine, perhaps even “hacking” dopaminergic responses to the point that these management practices stop working. Goals and rewards are fantastic, but they can be over-relied upon and end up working in reverse.
Building Psychologically Safe Workplaces
Randal Weidenaar of VP Culture unpacks how to lead psychologically safe workplaces. Psychologically safe workplaces result in employee engagement, productivity and ultimately people thrive in safe environments. How do we create these types of workplaces? Randal unpacks 4 key techniques to build psychological safety. He also details why this is so important to our wellbeing as people. This is a key feature of creating a business culture that is healthy and growing.
Harvard Business Review: The Value of Belonging at Work
“Bottom line: People seek purpose in their lives — and that includes work. The more an employer limits those things that create this sense of purpose, the less likely employees will stay at their positions. The era of the employment contract, where a worker provided services purely in exchange for monetary compensation, is over. Now, employees expect deeper relationships, a strong sense of community and purpose-driven work.”