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Issue #003
What Kind of
Culture Have You Built? Gas prices are outrageous. There, I said it.
As of today, AAA quoted $4.09.
And while corporate America debates remote vs. in-office, the hourly workforce is getting squeezed.
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The Main SHIfT
Recently, in manufacturing, a group of workers lobbied to change their shift schedule. Rather than work 5 days a week, they asked for four days. Ten hours. Friday off.
That company listened, and leadership said yes.
And I haven't stopped thinking about it since.
Because here's the real story.
It wasn't about gas prices.
It was about a workforce that finally felt valued enough to ask.
Think about that.
They didn't quit. They didn't complain on Indeed. They went to leadership with a solution.
That only happens in one kind of culture. The question is — is that the culture you're in?
Culture isn't just built from the top down. It lives in every conversation you do and don't have.
If you're a leader.
You're at the top. You set the tone.
You empower your managers not just to do their job, but to engage their people. When you have tunnel vision, you create a rigid culture. When you don't ask, you invite silence.
Waiting for a financial crisis to find out if your people will speak up? That's a negligent decision.
It doesn't mean you're a bad leader. It means you're reactive instead of proactive.
You don't get to be surprised by turnover if you've never created space for honesty.
If you're a manager.
You're the translator. Between policy and people. Between what leadership decides and what the workforce actually lives.
What are you enforcing that you don't believe in?
What are you staying quiet about because it's easier?
Does your team feel empowered? Protected? Inspired to do more?
If you're an employee.
What are you tolerating?
What are you contributing to by staying silent?
Culture isn't just built from the top down. It lives in every conversation you do and don't have. Every meeting where you nod instead of speaking. Every time you decide it's not worth it.
Your silence has a cost, too.
Here's what $4 gas actually revealed.
Not a budget problem. Not a scheduling problem.
An out-of-touch problem.
You don't see the problem because nobody's asking how people are really doing. Not in a survey. Not in a town hall. In a real conversation.
The companies winning are the ones where people feel heard before things get bad.
So I'll ask you directly.
What kind of culture have you built?
What kind of culture are you tolerating?
What kind of SHIfT are you seeing?
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Quick Check-In
The Pulse
When it comes to your workplace culture, which one are you?
Leading, creating, and changing it with intentionality.
Managing through it quietly.
Surviving it and staying silent.
Over it and ready for a SHIfT.
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