Uniting Your Tribe Rowena Jao Welcome everyone!

Purpose Get in touch with your corporate culture What is the purpose of your organization? Why does it exist? Why do you do what you do? The purpose of this session is to help you get in touch with your corporate culture. -audience participation

Helping People Find their Tribes Why Do You Exist? Helping People Find their Tribes tribe trīb/ noun 1. a social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect. Before we dive into culture, it’s first important to know why you’re doing what you’re doing, What’s your organizations purpose. At Meetingmax our core purpose is helping people find their tribes. As we learned yesterday, tribe is defined by a social division in a traditional society consisting of families, or communities linked by social, economic,, religious, or blood ties with a common culture and dialect. Everything Meetingmax does is to help people find their tribes.

What We Do slipper optional huddle gathering minds going to yakima golden ebert learning & development courses ridiculously remarkable liquor cart fridays We have a number of initiatives that all help us reach our purpose of helping people find their tribes. These make up our culture. Explain how each ties back to our core purpose? Slipper optional – Make it Fun! working in a comfortable environment can produce productive work Huddle – meeting for 5 min to share with the team any good news, client wins, and frog: daily goal (Mondays – overarching goal, Friday – accomplishments) - connecting with our team on daily basis Gathering Minds – Thirst for Knowledge as we all read the same book and discuss at the end of the month … moving forward in a positive direction personally & professionally Yakima Award – doing something over and beyond expectations, Owning it! Doing something for a client, doing something for the company … uniting our tribe Golden Ebert – Ingenuity Everywhere … doing something different and unique, looking at the situation in every angle and then taking the best approach L&D courses – Thirst for Knowledge … learning to improve ourselves and the company Ridiculously Remarkable accounts – Passion for People … delighting or servicing our clients or partners with a small gift Liquor Cart Fridays – Make it Fun! Gathering together in a relaxed atmosphere and just catching up and keeping in touch

Monkeys & Cupcakes Where did MMX monkeys come from? Originated from our old core values Instead of seeing an error message it was more fun to see monkeys and cupcakes flashing on your screen. Monkeys originated from Nine International Monkeys Eating Chocolate Cupcakes – MMX original core values.

Your Culture How would you describe your culture in one or two sentences. Eg: Four Seasons – Experiences of exceptional quality Zappos – Delivering happiness Disney – Bring happiness Walmart - Save money. Live better Looking internally at your organizations, how would you describe your culture to someone who has no previous knowledge of your business. Some examples of other companies and what their culture is based on statements.

So What? Importance of corporate culture Why does this matter? Corporate Culture drives performance & growth Gives us a direction on what to aim for We all work towards a common goal (enhance performance) We can make decisions knowing what the end goal is Successful culture is actively cultivated and developed Culture is your unique organisational DNA (quoted from OC Excellence) So why does this all matter? Points listed.

What To Take Home Ways you can influence your corporate culture Initiatives Gathering Minds Slippers Appreciation Boards Dreamboards Awards in Culture? MMX awarded Waterstone Culture Award annually recognizes best-in-class Canadian organizations for having a culture that has helped them enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage. Smart CEO Corporate Culture Award The Corporate Culture Awards program honors companies that foster a creative, collaborative workplace culture to enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage. OC Excellence Award Recognizes outstanding organizational culture You don’t have to be in an executive role to have an influence on the culture within your office. Small initiatives such as a Book Club, or Appreciation boards take little to no effort and can have major impact. There are also a number of different awards you can win based on your culture. ? Waterstone Culture Award - This national program, annually recognizes best-in-class Canadian organizations for having a culture that has helped them enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage. Smart CEO Corporate Culture Award - The Corporate Culture Awards program honors companies that foster a creative, collaborative workplace culture to enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage. OC Excellence Award – Recognizes outstanding organizational culture

Lather, Rinse, Repeat Live and breath your company ‘s core values and it becomes a norm and way of life in your work environment. When you are doing this, you are fulfilling the purpose of why your company exist. Live and breath your company culture and it becomes a norm and a way of life in your work environment.

Namaste Would love to hear : What your company culture is what some of your company’s core values are. What your company believes in and what you do that ties into those core values. Thank you for being a part of our tribe!