Will Humphreys talks about how workplace culture is shaped by what people accept, not just what leaders say. Employees spend 68-70% of their lives with coworkers, so a culture where people actually want to show up changes everything.
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About 68–70% of their life.
You spend your whole, I mean, something ridiculous like, you know, 68, 70% of your life with the people that you work with.
You know, from the very beginning, the first thing you said is, culture isn't what we create as much as what we accept.
So if you have co created a culture, people know it, they feel empowered by it, but they also know and they have intention and clarity around it. So people, once they have that buy in, they're not willing to step out of the lines because the rest of the culture will. I mean, it's like, it's like you, you got a big, you know, highlighted yellow mark on your forehead. Have you adhered to the culture? Right? So you've got clarity of culture. And when it comes to anything from, hey, you know, team members are not necessarily getting along, it really comes down to culture. You spend your whole, I mean, it's something ridiculous like, you know, 68, 70% of your life with the people that you work with. Not with your families, not with yourself, not like these are your people. So building a culture where people are excited to show up for each other, they want to share who they are personally and professionally. And then like, okay, let's, you know, let's move into the, the business of the day.
