Every company has a culture. Most of the time it simply evolves over time. That is to say, it is a default culture. If you are lucky, that default culture will be the one you want, or at least can live with.

A much better strategy is to determine the culture you want and then take specific steps to make it a reality.

But I imagine that you, like any business owner, know it is much easier said than done. How do you get great outcomes and results while also creating an environment people actually want to work in?

If you plan on increasing the top line and the bottom line of your business then you’ll want to invest in training your leaders. Business owners currently have several alternatives available in the area of management training.

Many universities offer evening executive MBA programs; provided you have excellent current managers you can utilize on the job training; and, several seminars and workshops are available in most major cities.

Recently, a reasonable number of high-quality online “universities” have been developed to deliver leadership training and management training.

There is a clear relationship between the best businesses in an industry and the ones that have the best managers and leaders employed.

Every company has a culture. Everyone wants it to be a culture of winning. Most of the time it simply evolves over time. That is to say, it is a default culture.

If you are lucky, that default culture will be the one you want, or at least can live with.

A much better strategy is to determine the culture you want and then take specific steps to make it a reality.

People often wonder why a certain business operates in a certain way while another operates entirely differently. Often, this is due to the differing business cultures existing within those two enterprises.

Perhaps you’ve found yourself as a new member of a company, department or team. When you’ve asked why something was done a certain way you may have heard something like, “That’s the way it’s done around here.” This is typically coming from a long-term employee who knows how things really work.

At its essence, what we’re talking about is various behavioral norms. Over time, most employees in any organization tend to act in pretty much the same way. They deal with customers or vendors or issues in sort of a standard way. This similarity in behavior is referred to as corporate or business culture.