Author Savage BrandsCategories Culture/Employee Engagement, Savage ThinkingLeave a comment on Crowdsourcing Cultural Change: A Recipe for Creativity and Conflict Crowdsourcing Cultural Change: A Recipe for Creativity and Conflict
Cultural change within a company will always cause friction and growing pains. Some of the pushback can be alleviated by getting feedback at every level of the company throughout the process. Unfortunately, this can cause it’s own problems, as people voice their own ideas of what the company is and should be.
Author Jackie DrydenCategories Culture/Employee Engagement, Savage ThinkingLeave a comment on The Backflip Theory: Execution is More Than Just Knowledge The Backflip Theory: Execution is More Than Just Knowledge
When I speak to companies about connecting with their purpose and creating compelling mission and vision statements and acting on it, I usually get a lot of nods.
Author Bethany AndellCategories Culture/Employee Engagement, Employer Branding, Savage ThinkingLeave a comment on The Advantages of a Strong Company Culture to Employee Engagement The Advantages of a Strong Company Culture to Employee Engagement
A company with engaged employees is easy to spot. In these organizations, the culture is clearly defined and employees understand the purpose and goals they are working toward. Simply put, there is a feeling of shared success.
Author Savage BrandsCategories Branding, Culture/Employee Engagement, Savage ThinkingLeave a comment on Ask the Expert: The key to becoming a top brand – Purpose Ask the Expert: The key to becoming a top brand – Purpose
Creating an authentic brand is all about being consistent: your vision and messaging need to align with employee behaviors. That’s why having a clear purpose is so critical to branding. Robin Tooms, Vice President of Strategy at Savage, talks about how purpose makes it easy to spot a top brand.
Author Bethany AndellCategories Branding, Culture/Employee Engagement, Savage ThinkingLeave a comment on M&A Cultural Alignment: A Unified Culture Means a Strong Brand M&A Cultural Alignment: A Unified Culture Means a Strong Brand
When companies participate in M&A activity, they understand that there will be challenges associated with combining two unique businesses into a single entity. How customers will react to the combined business is a big concern. Managing customer expectations, ensuring that the company’s external brand is shifted smoothly and value remains high all need to be addressed in the external rebrand.
Author Savage BrandsCategories Culture/Employee Engagement, Savage ThinkingLeave a comment on Ask the Expert: Cultural Alignment is Critical during Mergers & Acquisitions Ask the Expert: Cultural Alignment is Critical during Mergers & Acquisitions
A strong, positive culture is a critical part of a successful business — and an even more critical part of successfully combining companies through an acquisition or merger. Jackie Dryden, Savage’s Creative Strategist, talks about the role culture plays when combining organizations.
Author Savage BrandsCategories Culture/Employee Engagement, Savage ThinkingLeave a comment on Ask the Expert: Why Employee Alignment with Culture is Important Ask the Expert: Why Employee Alignment with Culture is Important
Every company has a culture, but it can be purposeful or it can be accidental. If no effort has been made to maintain it, culture will define itself. Jackie Dryden, Savage’s Creative Strategist, talks about the role culture plays in defining employee actions.
Author Jackie DrydenCategories Branding, Internal Communications, Savage ThinkingLeave a comment on Back to High School: Microsoft Gets a Low Grade on Employee Engagement Back to High School: Microsoft Gets a Low Grade on Employee Engagement
Top performing companies are ones who focus on their purpose (the reason why they exist as a company) and empower each employee to deliver on that purpose.