BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE CULTURE w/ Marie Richter Marie will share with us her experience in building corporate cultures and leading people to their excellence. Marie is the VP of People at Billie. Previously she spent time at Google where she scaled operations across EMEA,and Soundcloud where she built their People Operations team, implementing the processes & programs to reach their hyper-growth targets.

1. Culture Eats Strategy For Breakfast
Peter Drucker, 2001

2. Culture seems super important, but why?
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‘The culture of a workplace - an organization's values,
norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness
and success.’ (Adam Grant, 2016)

3. So then, how do you build a great company culture?
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1. Who are you already?
2. Who do you want to be? What makes you special?

4. How to define corporate culture?
> Hofstede’s corporate culture dimensions
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Means-oriented vs. goal-oriented
Internally driven vs. externally driven
Easy-going work discipline vs. strict work discipline
Local vs. professional
Open system vs. closed system
Employee-oriented vs. work-oriented

5. How to define corporate culture?
> Corporate Values
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1. Focus on the user and all else will follow.
2. It’s best to do one thing really, really well.
3. Fast is better than slow.
4. Democracy on the web works.
5. You don’t need to be at your desk to need an answer.
6. You can make money without doing evil.
7. There’s always more information out there.
8. The need for information crosses all borders.
9. You can be serious without a suit.
10. Great just isn’t good enough.
1. Focus on Impact
2. Move Fast
3. Be Bold
4. Be Open
5. Build Social Value

6. So then, how do you build a great company culture?
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1. Who are you already?
2. Who do you want to be? What makes you special?
3. Practice what you preach and repeat, repeat, repeat!

7. How do you bring a company culture to life?
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It starts with the founders/execs/leaders who act as the main role
models.
It continues with the people managers who are the main influence
on an employees life at work.
And it comes to life through each individual employee.

8. How do you bring a company culture to life?
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Behaviour over bread & games

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What are some popular ‘types’ of corporate
cultures and how are they implemented?

10. High performance culture
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Don’t hire a**holes
but also, don’t be one.

11. High performance culture
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Hire for talent, not for experience.

12. High performance culture
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Give stretch goals.

13. Culture of ‘getting things done’
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‘It’s better to get it 80% right and get it off
the ground now, than 100% right in a 100
years.’

14. Feedback culture
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Feedback is part of the company DNA.

15. Culture of safety
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‘It’s okay to mess up. What I want from you
is to be forthcoming with it and learn from it
for the future.’

16. Want to be part of Billie’s incredible culture?
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We are looking for...
Recruiting Lead
UI/UX Designer
Performance Marketing Manager
Sales Account Managers
Product Managers
Backend Developers
Salesforce Developers
Marie Richter
VP People
marie@billie.io