The Culture Blueprint: A Guide to Building the High-Performance Workplace

by Robert Richman, Dave Logan (forward), Beth Kirlin (Editor)

The Culture Blueprint is a systematic guide to building a company culture. This book is about fostering committed, enthusiastic employees. Distilling his years of experience teaching culture-building to companies like Google, P&G and Amazon, Robert Richman The Culture Blueprint The complete Culture Toolkit to immediately upgrade your company culture How to make sure your culture attracts the right employees (and repulses the wrong ones) The Core Value Discovery Formula and how to use it to integrate your mission, vision, and values How to apply the 99% Rule to stop annoying your employees Why Unbreakable Rituals are the most underrated tool in your culture arsenal In order to thrive, companies must do more than satisfy their employees; they must create passionate ones. The Culture Blueprint will teach you how to develop a culture that does just that.

Genres: Business, Cultural, Nonfiction, Audiobook

243 pages, Hardcover

First published February 8, 2015

Reviews

[Jesus Hernandez · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are looking for a manual to improve or fix culture on your organization this is a good start. The author gives you a lot of practical tips, sometimes obvious but very useful. Others are things that from my point of view every business need to do to reach a healthy cultural environment for their workers.

[Ian Altman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Richman delivers crisp insight into how organizations build an exceptional culture. Rather than just telling a story of what another company like Zapps did, he dives into what it takes to not only develop a strong culture but how to maintain a grow that culture. You get step-by-step suggestions of what works. He also offers suggestions about common mistakes. I've seen companies follow this guide to develop enviable outcomes across their teams.

[Damon · Rating 5 out of 5]

My Go-To book for all things culture with clients. Whether large corporate orgs or startups to small business everything Richman shares that he had learned over a successful career is both insightful and actionable and applies to all teams regardless of size or industry. Richman is up there with McKeown and Pressfield on my short list of knowledge treasures for client reading lists.

[Kent White · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great read! I was somewhat surprised by how useful the tactics were. The author knows of what he speaks, having worked on the productizing of the culture of Zappo's. My life's experience resonates with the philosophy and the practicality of his suggestions. I'm going to review this book regularly. Highly recommended!

[Samantha Hsieh · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book, great insights foundational exercises that can create a truly unique culture.

[Brian · Rating 1 out of 5]

Picked up this book to get an inside view into what made Zappos an enterprise that Amazon was willing to pay over a billion dollars worth for. Unfortunately however, this is the type of management book that looks like it was run through the company HR and PR departments before publication to make sure nothing negative, critical or authentic remains in the end product. To outline a few of the core issues of the book:

1. The book is rife with the clichéd management doublespeak. Decisions by management are frequently equated with organizational culture and values. Of course, doing so makes it easy to argue that employees who question them are suffering from "limiting beliefs" (in English: not being fools) and should be "let go" (in English: fired). Good management according to this book is supposedly when top professionals who do not "buy into the values" (in English: question the management at all) are fired, instead of the yes-men who are not as capable (yes, this is an actual argument in the book). Based on my experience, companies who engage in this sort of poppycock tend to suffer from it sooner or later - as has Zappos (see for instance http://time.com/4180791/zappos-holacr...)

2. The book is rife with that forced fake positivity which very few people these days buy anymore. Some examples I have covered above, but those are just few examples, the book if full of it throughout.

3. As a result, the book does not deliver what it promises. It is not a "guide to building the high-performance workplace". Instead, it's PR for the company and its management.

Which is a shame, really, since Zappos' is an interesting story worthy of being told. A more neutral treatise would be welcome. But this is not it; this is an attempt into trying to sell you snake oil. Not worth the time for a neutral reader.

[Stephen S · Rating 5 out of 5]

This smart, practical, and highly applicable book goes beyond the theory of culture change. It is clear that Richman knows what he is talking about.

Yes, he did this work at Zappos. But this is not a Zappos tell-all book. There are plenty of those out there. This is, instead, something much more valuable: a blueprint for any organization to up its culture game.

The content is packaged in a concise and useful way, making it a must-read for any leader who wants to get the most from their team.

[Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

For leaders who are looking to improve performance and build a strong organizational culture, this book is for you. Easy to follow with real-life examples and easy-to-implement tools, The Culture Blueprint invites you to expand your perception about what it means to lead, how to inspire, and what to do when things aren't working.

[Mutdrichalds · Rating 5 out of 5]

Incredible! Terrific read and very useful information.