Your Single Biggest Corporate Culture Document
Is your employee handbook. Yep, it’s the first document employees get that tells them what their career with your organization will be like. Take a close look at your employee handbook.
What would it tell an employee…
About your image and brand? Think about how the handbook is presented, copied/printed, etc. What message does that send to a new employee? Is it the message you want?
About the employee/employer relationship? Consider if the wording is conversational or legalese.
About your priorities? Examine the order topics are presented. I always wondered why safety was at the end of a handbook if being safe was of the utmost importance.
Okay, so employee handbooks aren’t usually very sexy or fun. IMHO, employee handbooks are marketing documents – not legal documents. It really is possible to 
What thoughts do you have about employee handbooks? How can we revolutionize what’s currently viewed as a necessary evil?
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