A Family Culture in the workplace

Several companies claim that their employees are their most significant assets. In addition, many companies claim that they have a family culture. However, what does a company centered on family culture look like?

Let me share with you how it looks like.

1. These companies will do everything to avoid laying off employees during the pandemic lockdown.
2. They physically check on their employees when a calamity strikes. Their leaders call on employees that live around the area of a catastrophe. They check up on their employees to see how they are doing.
3. They put learning and development at the center of their plans.
4. They systematically identify high potential employees, future leaders and put them on a leadership development track.
5. They hold monthly get-togethers to inform their 1,400 employees what is happening in the companies.
6. The individual companies hold engaging townhalls on a consistently regular basis.
7. The leadership openly shares leadership quotes and Biblical verses.
8. They are courageous enough to have 360-degree appraisals.
9. They are open to new ideas regardless of what level in the organization it is coming from.
10. Anyone may politely provide an alternate view to any leader, and it is not taken personally.
11. They emphasize the importance of work-life balance.
12. They help employees put their children through a scholarship program.
13. They provide scholarship programs to key employees.
14. The leadership is truly a group of servant leaders.
15. Even after their impressive growth, the leadership is still open to new ideas and ways of doing things.
16. The leadership is not afraid to challenge the status quo.

I can keep going on, but I hope that you get the point. Family culture helped catapult this company from a 30 employee workforce to a 1,400 strong organization.

Yes, actual companies out there walk the talk when it comes to having a family culture.

I want to honor these companies for genuinely recognizing the value of their people. So here, let us celebrate a particular company I used as an example. They have a strong family culture and core values of Respect, Integrity, Service, and Excellence. So may you continue to R.I.S.E. in the coming years. God bless you!