It’s fair to say that workplace culture has finally come of age in the past year. Once a relatively niche concern of human resources teams, an engaged company culture is now a primary goal of forward-thinking business leaders as the Great Resignation, missteps in communicating layoffs, and quiet quitting have shown what can happen when leaders get culture wrong.
Yet, with the threat of a recession, and layoffs within the technology industry capturing headlines almost daily, I find it surprising that layoffs are hitting HR and DEI teams at a disproportionately high rate.
She finds it surprising. I wonder why.
As a longtime chief people and culture officer who has just been through a tenure as acting CEO of a leading technology company, I’m worried that companies across every industry, particularly those that drive innovation at a fast pace like technology, are missing the vital importance of company culture.
Ah.
[Source.](https://fortune.com/2023/05/19/everybody-loves-hate-hr-most-important-function-new-era-workplace-culture-anna-gullstrand/)
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It’s fair to say that workplace culture has finally come of age in the past year. Once a relatively niche concern of human resources teams, an engaged company culture is now a primary goal of forward-thinking business leaders as the Great Resignation, missteps in communicating layoffs, and quiet quitting have shown what can happen when leaders get culture wrong.
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Yet, with the threat of a recession, and layoffs within the technology industry capturing headlines almost daily, I find it surprising that layoffs are hitting HR and DEI teams at a disproportionately high rate.
She finds it surprising. I wonder why.
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As a longtime chief people and culture officer who has just been through a tenure as acting CEO of a leading technology company, I’m worried that companies across every industry, particularly those that drive innovation at a fast pace like technology, are missing the vital importance of company culture.
Ah.
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