GORUCO - Cult(ure)

As a team leader, the line between company culture and a dogmatic cult is thin. Embracing individuality, yet finding alignment (as a collective) is tough. Understanding what defines one over another is critical so everyone can bring 100% of themselves to table. If you're a member of a team, leader of a team or building a team, you're going to know five key components to assess, support and foster a 'culture of diverse talent' and prevent a 'cult of conformity.'

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1. Adam Cuppy codingzeal.com
2. @AdamCuppy Cult(ure)
3. @AdamCuppy Human Need
4. @AdamCuppy Certainty Uncertainty Significance Love & Connection Growth Contribution https://training.tonyrobbins.com/the-6-human-needs-why-we-do-what-we-do/
5. @AdamCuppy Fear
6. @AdamCuppy “A lonely individual soon loses any sense of purpose, any notion of meaning, any feeling of belonging. In such a state, a cult is seen as a cure.” - Steve Mason
7. @AdamCuppy 7 Easy Steps to Start a Cult 1. Create your own reality 2. Set the leader(s) up as the only link to paradise 3. Make increasing demands 4. Keep turning out stories of greatness 5. Use your converts to bring in more converts 6. Keep everybody busy 7. Keep your “flock” fixate on the carrot
8. @AdamCuppy 1. Create your own reality 2. Set the leader(s) up as the only link to paradise 3. Make increasing demands 4. Keep turning out stories of greatness 5. Use your converts to bring in more converts 6. Keep everybody busy 7. Keep your “flock” fixate on the carrot 7 Easy Steps to Start a Company
9. @AdamCuppy “Loyalty”
10. @AdamCuppy
11. @AdamCuppy Empowerment
12. @AdamCuppy Top Dog Pack Leader Right hand man Pawn Peon Grunt What-down
13. @AdamCuppy Top Dog Pack Leader Right hand man Pawn Peon Grunt What-down
14. @AdamCuppy Top Dog Pack Leader Right hand man Pawn Peon Grunt What-down
15. @AdamCuppy Fear
16. @AdamCuppy Top Dog Pack Leader Right hand man Pawn Peon Grunt What-down
17. @AdamCuppy Top Dog Pack Leader Right hand man Pawn Peon Grunt
18. @AdamCuppy Top Dog Pack Leader Right hand man Pawn Peon Grunt Customer
19. @AdamCuppy Top Dog Pack Leader Right hand man Pawn Peon Grunt Customer
20. @AdamCuppy Amb. Amb. Amb. Amb. Amb. Amb. Customer
21. @AdamCuppy Amb. Amb. Amb. Amb. Amb. Amb. Empowering Why
22. @AdamCuppy Inclusion
23. @AdamCuppy
24. @AdamCuppy A B C D
25. @AdamCuppy A B C D
26. @AdamCuppy
27. @AdamCuppy ACTION ROUND
28. @AdamCuppy
29. @AdamCuppy
30. @AdamCuppy
31. @AdamCuppy Inclusion starts when you stop using phrases like "Think like a woman”… and start asking "What does Karen need?”
32. @AdamCuppy “When hiring look for a ‘culture add’; not a ‘culture fit.’” - Joelle Emerson (@joelle_emerson)
33. @AdamCuppy Leadership
34. @AdamCuppy “The culture of any organization is shaped by the worst behavior the leader(s) are willing to tolerate.” - Gruenter and Whitaker
35. @AdamCuppy Leader != Boss
36. @AdamCuppy Cult(ure)
37. Growing a Culture: 101 1.Stable environment 2.Compositional understanding 3.Time 4.Objective analysis 5.Nourishment
38. Cult vs. Culture Shared Judgements Shared Values Highly Resistent to Change Expects Change Strives for Conformity Embraces Individuality Diversity is a Threat Diversity is an Asset Drive to Belong Drive to Grow Dogmatic Pragmatic
39. @AdamCuppy https://www.flickr.com/photos/davegray/16343329245/
40. @AdamCuppy Are both leaders and members empowered to effect change? #1
41. @AdamCuppy Are leaders and members held accountable, equally? #2
42. @AdamCuppy Are members punished for asking “why?” #3
43. @AdamCuppy Are you fulfilling your own needs? #4
44. @AdamCuppy #5 Do your core values align with the organization?
45. @AdamCuppy “Your company’s culture is your operating system” - Dave Gray (@davegray)
46. @AdamCuppy speakerdeck.com/ acuppy