The secret ingredient of successful Startup/Company

No Secret ingredient is just follow the recipe.

Company Culture is the recipe of successful of any company. For most companies to have ping-pong tables and free snacks this company culture but these things does not work alone. Providing employee's with sense of safety and well-being and good policies, these promote the culture and happy employees, which ultimately leads to happy customers.

What is company culture?

Culture represents the collective values, beliefs and principles of  members and is a product of such factors as history, product, market, technology, strategy, type of employees, management style, and national culture; culture includes the company's vision, values, norms, systems, symbols, language, assumptions, beliefs, and habits. wikipedia

It is  what the firm says about itself,usually manifested in its vision and mission statement,I encourage to written both and put them in obvious place in your firm.

Culture mirrors leadership

To understand a company's culture, look at what people do,If people are open, forthright and engaged, you know that is the nature of the company’s culture.In contract if people are defensive and passive you also understand the company’s culture.It is simple — but not easy — to build the culture you want.

How to cook your culture?

“If you know where you are going, it doesn’t matter where you start.” Anonymous

It starts with asking your employees  and make list of items.“What would you like more of in the workplace?” you will get answers like :

• Better communication and more information.
• A feeling of safety 
• More focus on getting work done and less on politics.
• More involvement in decisions that affect me.
• etc.

You can also focus on areas to see what kind of atmosphere your workplace has developed

1. Clarity of purpose:Your employees have to feel that what they do matters, and has a measurable impact on the success of the company.
2. An environment of trust and engagement:
   Your employees should feel save and involvement in decisions that affect them.
3.  Continued learning:
    Your company will go nowhere when your employees didn’t continually improve themselves.

1. Celebrate Successes:You should celebrate successes; even small ones. your team needs to be reminded from time to time that they are on track.

Make small changes in how they do what they do every day, changes that show that they understand and encourage the values people want.

In a good work culture, everybody wins.