Coaching For Leaders

Ginger Hardage: Unstoppable Cultures Ginger Hardage is the former senior vice president of culture at Southwest Airlines. She led a team responsible for building and sustaining the organization’s legendary culture and communications enterprise, resulting in 23 consecutive years on Fortune’s list of Top 10 Most Admired Companies in the World. Key Points Three Characteristics of an Unstoppable Culture: Putting people first Constantly nourishing your culture Sharing stories relentlessly Cultures don’t happen accidentally — they have to be managed. Start with your company values and then hire for those values. Use peers to help select and interview candidates. If the leadership team is not fully engaged, employees will be able to tell. Capture customer stories and share them with your employees. Set your company vision and expectations, but don’t prescribe how you employees must go about doing it. Resources Mentioned Hire Tough Manage Easy* by Mel Kleiman Unstoppable Cultures Unstoppa