Why start now?

Why am I starting this? Habitual change? What’s the purpose? Who is it for? Why?

It’s pretty simple actually. I’m starting this off to chronicle my journey with my current company. You see I’ve been with my company for a number of years and believe there is a bit we can do to holistically and drastically change the company culture and move it to the next level! We currently operate over 300 locations across a number of states and have over 1,000 employees.

We’re technically retail, but not retail at the same time.

Because of this, I want to help change the nature of our employee training, which would change the nature of our company culture. A change that could help us become the next Enterprise (albeit in a different industry).

 

How can you change a company’s culture?

The answer is both simple and complex. You can’t change an established culture overnight and you can’t successfully change it drastically either. Drastic change can help create short term gains, but everyone will revert back to their normal routines and habits within a few weeks. I know because I have seen it happen, time and time again.

I’ve been with the company since 2010 and started off in the field where I was promoted to management before being transferred out to Texas.

This transfer was the start. Originally I had worked on changing the habits of my own employees at my location before I was transferred out. I planned on creating habitual changes that would be easy to facilitate over time. The plan was to facilitate this and slowly start showing improvement that would be noticed and ultimately start standardizing certain training aspects throughout the company. Since I have been taken out of the field in a new position, the idea has changed, but because I have been placed in a department with greater clout, the change may not take as long as I had originally planned.

 

This will be the story of that change. From both positive and negative progress, I hope to share this with others looking to make changes in their lives or organizations that will last and move you closer to your ultimate goal.

 

Needless to say, I’m pretty ecstatic about this experience!

 

After all, “It’s the small and subtle changes you make that have a drastic and everlasting change.” – me 🙂

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