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Construction Company Culture

Construction Company Culture –  Employees and Customers . In my last blog, I said a company’s culture is best understood in the answer to the question, “What’s it like to work here?” I talked about how corporate culture is established either by design or by default.

If you, as owner of your company, do not take control of this, then you may see the development of a culture you will not like.Your company’s culture influences how your employees think about you, and how they feel about the company and even about themselves.

It affects how they respond to emergencies, how they handle themselves on the phone or in meetings, how they manage their personal space, and the way they represent your company to others.

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A company’s culture might best be understood in the answer to the question, “What’s it like to work here?” For instance, can you tell the boss when you think he is wrong? What employee behaviors get rewarded? Ignored? Punished? What’s really important around here, anyway?

Every company has its own culture, whether by design or by default. If by default, the owner and the employees may not even be conscious of their organization’s culture, but it exists just the same.

You may never write a memo that states a dress code or proclaims that you’re open to new ideas, but any employee worth the space he or she occupies in your office or on a job site watches your behavior and listens to your words for clues to your priorities.

Business consultant Michael H. Mescon says organizations are built from the top down and from inside out. The quality of the employees you hire, the way you relate to them and to people outside the company, and the systems you establish for responsibility and accountability all communicate your values and expectations to the people who work for you.

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