Companies Shouldn't Forget to Establish These Early On

,The importance of establishing a mission, vision and values early on in a company’s life has been well documented.
 
However, the article linked below, from the CEO of Getaway, talks about the importance of also creating company norms.
 
These are things, among others, such as:
 
✅ Whether your employees are expected to be available outside of regular business hours
✅ Whether every meeting must have an agenda
✅ How decisions are made
✅ Preferred company communication method (email, phone…)
✅ How quickly things move
 
Just like company culture, which will develop whether planned or not, so too will norms.
 
𝙎𝙤, 𝙛𝙖𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨, 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙤𝙧𝙨.
 
Importantly, it is ok to have different norms for different types of roles, so long as there’s no conflict.
 
In short, creating company norms, along with mission, vision and values, will help you attract and retain the right people.

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