The Science Behind Culture by Design: Your Questions Answered

David Friedman and Dustin Campbell answer the questions you submitted during our session on the science behind Culture by Design. We had more great questions than time to cover them live, so we sat down to work through them together. Inside this Q&A: Whether employee engagement is the right thing to chase, and the signal that matters more Folding acquired companies into your Fundamentals after a merger or acquisition Leading culture across multiple locations and states when you can't be everywhere What the research says about holding culture together under pressure and conflict Leading culture change when the CEO runs command and control Handling culture wreckers and leaders who put their department first Reaching frontline and warehouse teams without adding a pile of meetings Installing rituals that stick, using habit stacking Whether to assess culture before you build it Using culture to recruit and keep great people Chapters: 00:00 Why we recorded this Q&A 01:00 Is employee engagement the right thing to chase? 08:45 How to measure engagement, and a better signal to watch 10:51 Getting acquired companies to adopt your Fundamentals 16:23 Leading culture across multiple locations and states 25:44 What the research says about culture under pressure 32:09 Leading culture change under a command-and-control CEO 36:50 Handling culture wreckers and turf-focused leaders 45:41 Reaching frontline and warehouse teams without more meetings 51:57 Installing rituals that stick 59:43 Should you assess culture before you build it? 1:04:44 Using culture to recruit and keep great people 1:09:53 Wrap-up Want to talk through your own situation with David live? Join one of his CEO roundtables: https://culturewise.com/events/ceo-ro... Learn more about CultureWise and a culture operating system: https://culturewise.com/ #CultureByDesign #CompanyCulture #Leadership #CultureWise #EmployeeEngagement