L12-2 Corporate culture

1. Describing your company's culture

horrible recession
ethical responsibility
the profits come first
give back to school

企业文化和价值观

My company believes strongly in corporate social responsibility. We have a strong focus on ethics.
One of our core values is to be adventurous. We're not afraid to try new things.
We are determined to succeed. Nothing is impossible.
Open communication is a key core value. Anyone can talk to the executives at any time.
We are a passionate company. We really believe in what we're doing.

以-ty结尾的名词

*Honesty and quality are two important core values.
Creativity is highly valued. We're very innovative.
Humility is important. We do the best we can and try never to be arrogant(傲慢).

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Emphasizing what is important

We are strongly influenced by the needs of our community.
The number one thing for us is producing innovative products.
We focus strongly on ethics.
It all boils down to helping the community.
Profits come first.
We have a strongly sense of ethics.

We practice what we preach. Our core values are really implemented in our daily activities.
Core values at my old company were just for signs on the wall. It was just lip service.

Building a team

Get ideas from your team, and incorporate the ideas into your project.
We need to promote the team's creativity.
To achieve our goals, we need to write a mission statement that clearly outlines our principles.
One critical principles is that each employee has to make a commitment to the company.
Before we hire a new manager, the first task is to write a job description.
Individual employees need to set goals in order to excel.

2. Explaining your company's structure

The current hierarchy is the problem
needs to be flattened
The company is top-heavy.
The existing vertical structure
planning to reorganize the teams
The new structure has

Company locations

Our headquarters are in London. but we have large branch offices in Hong Kong and New York.
Our main factory is located in Seoul.

Internal structure

My company has a vertical structure. Communication comes from the top and moves downward. It's rather rigid, if you ask me.
I'm in a company that's organized horizontally. I work with a team to make decisions.
We're restructuring our company so teams will be cross-functional. Designers, developers and production will be on the same team.
The company is top-heavy. There are just too many executives.
We're going to flatten our company's structure because there are too many levels in the hierarchy.

It goes without saying that our company is too top-heavy.
I know exactly what you mean.

You and I both know that we have to restructure the company.
I couldn't agree more.

Our company is really vertical. Does that kind of structure make sense to you?
No, it doesn't make sense.

I reckon a horizontal structure would be more efficient.
That's becoming really obvious to me.

It's apparent to me that we need to move our headquarters.
Yeah, just look at the facts.

3. Building an effective team

1. Good ideas from your team, and incorporate the ideas into your project.
2. We need to promote the team's creativity.
3. To achieve our goals, we need to write a mission statement(公司宗旨) that clearly outlines our principles.
4. One critical principles is that each employee has to make a commitment to the company.
5. Before we hire a new manager, the first task is to write a job description.
6. Individual employees need to set goals in order to excel.

1. One way to build an effective team is allow members to brainstorm project ideas.
2. The best method for building a strong team is to develop trust among its members.
3. Here's another good technique: Celebrate smaller achievements as you work toward the larger goal.
4. The first thing you should do is establish good communication.
5. You never want to give people tasks that don't match their skills.
6. It's a good idea to have short, daily meetings.
7. It's important to socialize with your team members.

4. Giving advice about office politics

1. Office politics? It all boils down to good relationships with higher-ups your coworkers.
2. Part of maintaining good relationships is participating in office activities.
3. Don't express annoyance , or there may be repercussions.
4. Notice how things get done in the office so that you can become an important part of daily process.
5. Update your job-related skills constantly so that you remain valuable.
6. You can't hide from office politics, so don't stick your head in the sand.
7. If you respect your coworkers, you probably won't get stabbed in the back.
8. If you do something bad to someone, they'll get revenge.What goes around comes around.
9. The office is the modern jungle.

participating actively in team activities.Don't get angry or annoyed - get knowledge! If you can, get your manager to mentor you, but be honest about any weaknesses or things you don't know. Ask questions, notice how things get done and update your skills. Praise people and make them feel good about the themselves.
Don't hesitate to stab them in the back.

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It's a dog-eat-dog world.
We have to bounce back from our defeat
Shift the needle of our approach, get the ball rolling
See the green shoots of recovery
Sing from the same song sheet

Establish good communication.
Get ideas from your team.
Incorporate your team's idea into a project.
Develop trust within your team.
Assign people to tasks they enjoy.
Establish critical principles for your business.
Recruit people with a commitment to your company.
Allow employees the chance to excel, and reward them.

There's lots of stuff that goes into building an effective team.
I had a staff member in my last job who had a big thing, I mean, a big project.
The thingy that matters most is that my team trust one another.
Our success was base upon two core... what's its name, ideas? Ah, principles!