Todd Ringleman CEO of Ray Allen Inc in Chicago shares tips on creating a company culture that provides employees everything that they need to love their jobs.

1. L O V E T H E I R J O B S
Create Employees Who
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2. Hire Attitude, Train Skills
When you look at job descriptions for technical jobs, you
often see a list of acronyms and jargon. But suppose you
hired first for attitude, and second for skills.
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3. Hire Attitude, Train Skills
Maybe a new hire doesn’t fit the exact set of
requirements on paper. However, if they have the right
attitude and are willing to learn, this may be worthwhile.
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4. Hire Attitude, Train Skills
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The same is true for current employees looking for a
change. Spend the extra time and money to hold on to a
talented veteran. The company keeps a great worker and
the worker maintains their benefits. Both parties win.

5. Write Loose Job Descriptions
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Google’s 20% time policy is well known. Employees work
on a passion project each week. It keeps them thinking
out of the box and focused on creative approaches to
problem solving.

6. Write Loose Job Descriptions
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You don’t have to have the same policy in effect in your
office. However, providing the opportunity for
employees to work on projects normally outside their
comfort zone can benefit the company.

7. Create a Culture of Learning
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Technology advances and methods change regularly
which means that continuous training is necessary.

8. Create a Culture of Learning
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While the ROI may not be easy to calculate, there is no
doubt that the company saves money when people spend
more time doing work than researching how to do the
work.

9. Create a Culture of Learning
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If training resources aren’t available, consider what this
means for veteran workers being asked for help. Do they
have time to spend part of their hours pouring years of
knowledge into an internal training and resource program?

10. Create a Culture of Learning
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It’s a step above standard documentation of processes
and procedures. Think of training as the definitive
collection of company wisdom, created and edited by the
people who learned the lessons first hand.

11. Be Flexible
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Too much rigidity in your practices holds you back as a
fast-changing business environment.

12. Be Flexible
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That doesn’t mean there shouldn’t be any structure.

13. Be Flexible
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It does mean the above examples depend on the
flexibility of management and workers to understand the
potential of an employee and place them where they can
best help the company.

14. Be Flexible
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If you aren’t already incorporating some of these ideas to
help your employees love their work, test one with a
small group. You will be surprised by the results.

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