Building Company Culture
Aims
Goal: present two core values that pass the four-part test — behaviour, cost, a decision caused, a sustaining ritual — instead of poster platitudes.
The lesson, stage by stage
- Warm up5 min
Warm-up: Values that actually decide things
2 warm-up questions
- Reading10 min
Reading: Culture Through Communication
Read a 360-word text about Culture Through Communication
- Vocabulary8 min
Vocabulary: Building Culture Vocabulary
8 items
- Reading10 min
Reading: Model values, presented at the offsite
Read a 371-word text about Model values, presented at the offsite
- Practice7 min
Practice: Practice: Fix Culture Building Mistakes
Error-correction exercise, 4 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Upgrade the platitude
Matching exercise, 6 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Practice: culture vocabulary
Gap-fill exercise, 6 items
- Dialogue10 min
Dialogue: Role Play: Discussing Culture Values at a Team Offsite
Role-play: You are leading a discussion about company culture and values during a team offsite, engaging team members in defining what the company stands for. (4 lines)
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Your mission: present your two values
3 discussion questions
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Target vocabulary
In a Tuton account these words become your student's vocabulary deck, so they come back in practice between lessons.
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