Building a sense of shared purpose, mutual support and accountability, and wild celebration of achievement—those are some of the keys to creating an engaged and productive workplace.
This is challenging enough when you’re all under one roof. Multiply the difficulty by a hundred when your business is spread across several cities in multiple time zones.
It’s easiest to feel connected to the colleagues we see every day—in our department, our shift, or our branch of the company. The challenge for many businesses is connecting people to the colleagues they don’t see every day. So how can a large corporation in several far-flung locations apply the principles of culture transformation that have done wonders for companies with a much smaller footprint?
Fortunately, the first hurdle is cleared before we even begin. Principles are principles. When it comes to building and maintaining a productive and positive workplace culture, what’s good for a one-building firm is good for a five-continent firm. The problem to be solved is mostly logistical. How can you make people all over the world feel the sense of team spirit and unity of purpose that a conference room full of fist-pumping employees feel at an Emmerich Group Kick-Butt Kick-Off® event? (more…)