LeadDev Together

Session 2 : Building team culture

Session homework

During the session, we learned that building team culture is all about good values that are communicated and reinforced to become part of your culture.

During the action exercise, we asked you to think about: 

  • How you’ll communicate your newly shaped value to your team
  • How you will make it real
  • How you will make sure everyone has received your message

For your homework this week:

We suggest you make time to talk about your discussion topics from the action exercise in more depth and apply the above points to make your outcomes into actions.

Take the list of values your group has generated during your group discussion. From this list, choose two values that you wish to focus on. 

You should pick one value that is super important to you and one negative culture trait you’d most want to prevent from taking hold of your team. These will be your discussion topics next time your group meets. 

In case you need some starters, here are some discussion questions

Additional Resources

You’ll find more resources below, including speakers’ slides and downloadable worksheets.

Talks

Creating a culture of trust
Video

Creating a culture of trust

Dana Lawson
Dana Lawson
15 mins
Hiring for culture add, not culture fit
Video

Hiring for culture add, not culture fit

Emily Nakashima
Emily Nakashima
15 mins
Culture change in a hostile environment
Video

Culture change in a hostile environment

Jason Wong
Jason Wong
15 mins