Ep. 094 - Coming to the End of Culture with Daniel Snell
The traditional corporate culture has hit a dead end, so what’s the NEW key to unlocking performance?
Daniel Snell is a master of moulding a company’s culture into one that sees its team performing at their peak, even in the wake of the world’s shift to hybrid and remote working!
Arrival’s Co-Founder joins us to decrypt the key to cultural change, and reinforce a successful mindset throughout your business.
Key takeaways from this episode:
Culture drives performance, so align team efforts directly with strategic goals, not just feelings
Leaders should ‘walk the floor’ and connect every role to the company's mission
Embrace change, leverage technology, and adapt quickly
Create clear paths for young professionals to contribute
Gary Gamp: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garygamp
George Clode: https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeclode
Daniel Snell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielsnell/
Highlights:
“Executives are preoccupied and over-indexed on strategy because it's glitzy and shiny, over the cost of actual execution.” - 11:50 - Daniel Snell
“Great talent don't care about Foosball or beer or pizzas... They want to be recognised for their contribution.” - 15:15 - Daniel Snell
“Your job as CEO is to go down into the organisation, stop people and say, 'What are you working on? Tell me about it. How does this support the strategy?'” - 21:30 - Daniel Snell
“Culture has to be in service of productivity and performance of growth. If it is not driving those things, then it's the wrong culture.” - 24:00 - Daniel Snell
“We are literally coming to the end of an epoch where we got focused on a kind of culture which was fit for the particular time that we were in.” - 30:30 - Daniel Snell
