Identity and shared purpose is invaluable to employers and employees alike. Companies invest a lot of time in defining their values to inspire, motivate and build a sense of community.
Shaping a work culture that achieves all of these takes time to mould, you can’t force it, it needs to be cultivated over time by the embodiment of some shared values that everyone believes in.
If you manage to get there it is one of the most powerful assets a company can possess as it creates a flow of energy that’s all heading down the same path, often a successful one.
To get you inspired on your journey along that path, here are my top 23 work culture quotes to help start the engine.
1) “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”
— Peter Drucker
2) “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
— Steve Jobs
3) “To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.”
— Doug Conant
4) “Corporate culture matters. How management chooses to treat its people impacts everything—for better or for worse.”
— Simon Sinek
5) “Hire character. Train skill.”
— Peter Schutz
6) “Company culture is the product of a company’s values, expectations, and environment.”
— Courtney Chapman
7) “When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute.”
— Simon Sinek
8) “Culture is simply a shared way of doing something with a passion.”
— Brian Chesky
9) “Build a team so strong you don’t know who the boss is.”
— Unknown
10) “Customers will never love a company until the employees love it first.”
— Simon Sinek
11) “Our culture is friendly and intense, but if push comes to shove we’ll embrace intense.”
— Jeff Bezos
12) “If you can’t explain your culture, you don’t understand it.”
— Jim Collins
13) “Company culture is not a foosball table. It’s not a logo. It’s not what’s on your coffee cup. It’s who you are as a company.”
— Sophia Amoruso
14) “It’s not what you achieve, it’s what you overcome. That’s what defines your career.”
— Carlton Fisk
15) “The way to develop the best that is in a person is by appreciation and encouragement.”
— Charles Schwab
16) “Treat employees like they make a difference, and they will.”
— Jim Goodnight
17) “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.”
— Albert Schweitzer
18) “Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person – not just an employee – are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.”
— Anne M. Mulcahy
19) “To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”
— Eleanor Roosevelt
20) “Culture isn’t just one aspect of the game, it is the game.”
— Louis Gerstner
21) “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.”
— Babe Ruth
22) “Your culture is your brand.”
— Tony Hsieh
23) “Teamwork makes the dream work.”
— John C. Maxwell
James Waite
Founder of Remoteopia, James has worked in remote roles for 6 years. After a stint in recruitment, he now works as a director of website strategy in tech.
