Potluck Culture

Book excerpt: Everyone brings something to the table. Potluck Culture - A wholesome workplace where employees are engaged, managers understand how to develop their teams, leaders behave as role models, and customers are delighted and captivated. Potluck Culture is a powerful handbook for cultivating a collaborative workplace based on respectful dialogue and constructive feedback, where employees have deep trust in management, are shown gratitude for their contributions, and are aligned to and engaged in their company's success. As a leader, you have the ability to significantly shift your company's culture and create high-performing teams but only if you understand the factors that give people satisfaction in their work and the environment that makes it happen. Learn the simplicity of creating a workplace culture where: --Employees at all levels feel valued and appreciated --Performance feedback is based on frequent, timely, and high quality conversations, not numbers and ratings --Innovation is encouraged in every department, without penalty for failure -Informal, meaningful dialogue is commonplace; communication lines are open from top to bottom and collaboration is a natural outcome --Leaders understand what motivates and engages employees and what makes them love their work