{"quotes":[{"text":"To stay vigorous, a company needs to provide a stimulating and challenging environment for all these types: the dreamer, the entrepreneur, the professional manager, and the leader. If it doesn't, it risks becoming yet another mediocre corporation.","author":"Howard Schultz","tags":["company-culture","excellence"],"id":3501,"author_id":"Howard+Schultz"},{"text":"Love is the surprising emotion that company builders cannot ignore.","author":"Brian de Haaff","tags":["business","business","company-culture","leadership","startups"],"id":16293,"author_id":"Brian+de+Haaff"},{"text":"When you create a company culture, you are drawing your lines in the sand for you, first \u0026 then for anyone else who does business with you.","author":"Amber Hurdle","tags":["business","business","company-culture","leadership"],"id":23048,"author_id":"Amber+Hurdle"},{"text":"Your culture is the birthplace of your brand.","author":"Amber Hurdle","tags":["business","business","company-culture"],"id":26020,"author_id":"Amber+Hurdle"},{"text":"When you have a strong company culture it will shine through your brand and you can authentically say, “This is what our brand is about.","author":"Amber Hurdle","tags":["brand","business","business","company-culture","customer-service","leadership","marketing"],"id":39160,"author_id":"Amber+Hurdle"},{"text":"If your culture is how you do business internally, your brand is what people believe about you externally.","author":"Amber Hurdle","tags":["brand","branding","business","business-advice","business","company-culture","customer-service","leadership","marketing"],"id":51620,"author_id":"Amber+Hurdle"},{"text":"Your company culture is made up of the family rules ofyour business that establish consistent expectations among all.","author":"Amber Hurdle","tags":["business","business","company-culture","leadership"],"id":68831,"author_id":"Amber+Hurdle"},{"text":"But in the military you don't get trusted positions just because of your ability. You also have to attract the notice of superior officers. You have to be liked. You have to fit in with the system. You have to look like what the officers above you think that officers should look like. You have to think in ways that they are comfortable with.The result was that you ended up with a command structure that was top-heavy with guys who looked good in uniform and talked right and did well enough not to embarrass themselves, while the really good ones quietly did all the serious work and bailed out their superiors and got blamed for errors they had advised against until they eventually got out.That was the military.","author":"Orson Scott Card","tags":["bosses","business-leaders","careerism","company-culture","corporate-culture","human-nature","ladder-of-success","military","promotion","success","unfairness-of-life"],"id":85846,"author_id":"Orson+Scott+Card"},{"text":"Service standards create the standard of expectation that you and all team members follow when interacting with customers.","author":"Amber Hurdle","tags":["business","business-advice","company-culture","customer-service","service"],"id":110702,"author_id":"Amber+Hurdle"},{"text":"To gain your share of the market, you must show how your company is different and how your culture produces a unique experience for your customers, leaving no room for competition. And that, Bombshell, is your brand.","author":"Amber Hurdle","tags":["brand","business","business","company-culture","competition","customer-service","leadership","marketing"],"id":120800,"author_id":"Amber+Hurdle"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":23,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}