109 Examples of Company Culture

John Spacey, April 16, 2020 updated on May 02, 2022

Company culture are the intangible human elements of an organization. These emerge with the shared experiences of each firm and can't be directly controlled by management. This being said, company culture is greatly influenced by leadership, working conditions, company structure, strategy, policy and management style. The following are common examples of company culture.

Accountability	Attitudes
Bottom Up	Brand Image
Bringing Personal Life to Work	Bringing Personal Politics to Work
Bureaucracy	Business Travel
Celebrations	Chaos
Civility	Collaboration
Company Identity	Complacency
Compliance	Comradery
Constructive Feedback	Corporate Memory
Corporate Narcissism	Creative Tension
Creativity of Constraints	Criticism
Cronyism	Customer Relationships
Defense of the Status Quo	Diligence / Attention to Detail
Diversity / Intellectual Diversity	Dress Code
Employee Dissatisfaction	Employee Engagement
Employee Expectations	Employee Feedback
Employee Motivation	Employee Privacy
Employment Terms	Epic Meaning
Expectations	Fail Well
Failing Upwards	Failure Fatigue
Failure is Not an Option	Focus
Frugality	Group Harmony
Groupthink	Habits
Health & Safety	Hygiene Factors
Internal Branding	Internal Controls
Internalization	Knowledge Loss
Last Responsible Moment	Layoffs & Dismissals
Leadership Decisions vs Consensus Decisions	Learning From Failure
Management Style	Mediocrity
Meritocracy vs Equality	Meritocracy vs Seniority
Mission & Vision	Norms
Office Environment	Office Location
Office Politics	Onboarding
Openness / Flexibility	Organizational Structure
Overplanning	Overthinking
Perks	Politeness
Principles	Prioritization
Processes	Productivity
Professionalism	Profit Sharing
Raising the Bar / High Professional Standards	Recognition
Red Tape	Resistance to Change
Rewards	Routines
Rules	Rumors & Work of Mouth
Service Culture	Shared Experiences
Social Environment	Social Influence
Social Justice / Nonpolitical	Social Status
Stakeholder Relationships	Storytelling
Symbols	Team Building
Tolerance for Disagreement	Tone at the Top
Top Down	Trained Incapacity
Transparency	Trust
Unspoken Rules	Work From Home
Work Schedule	Work-ethic
Work-life Balance	Working Conditions
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Meritocracy is when promotions, rewards, recognition and raises are based on performance. This can be contrasted with advancement based on identity, cronyism or seniority.

Internalization is when employees believe in things such as your principles, mission or strategy. Compliance is when they pretend to believe because it is required or expected.

109 Examples of Company Culture

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