Engage, Empower and Enable your people with an UBER Culture-Engage Empower and Enable your people with an UBER Culture

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Andy Hasselman’s webinar argued that culture is a major source of competitive advantage and that businesses must be “dramatically and demonstrably different” to stand out. He used examples like First Direct, Zappos, Timpson’s, Ritz-Carlton, and Southwest Airlines to show how great companies spell out the behaviors they want, empower staff to act, and consistently delight customers.<br /><br />His core model was a balance of three elements: delighted customers, committed/motivated/effective people, and strong leadership, all held together by culture. He defined culture simply as “the way we do things around here” and “what people do when no one is looking.” Importantly, he stressed that culture is not what a company says it is, but what employees and customers actually experience.<br /><br />Hasselman outlined four ingredients of an “Uber culture”: clear expectations, systems that support desired behaviors, empowered employees, and recognition/reward for living the values. He encouraged companies to translate vague values into meaningful, observable behaviors, build them into recruitment, induction, appraisal, and reward systems, and challenge people who undermine the culture. His message: don’t just display values on walls—live them, reinforce them, and keep working on them.

Keywords

company culture

competitive advantage

employee empowerment

customer delight

leadership

organizational values

behavioral expectations

reward systems