"Culture Matters"

Ok, I read another book, and some of you may be surprised by what it is!

The book isn’t written to leaders, or “baby boomers”.  Neither is it written to business leaders.   There aren’t big name endorsements on the cover, nor is there a preface or introduction.  The book, however, is written by a very smart ambitious person, Sophia Amoruso. 

The name of the book is #GIRLBOSS.  Ms. Amoruso is up-front, straightforward the founder and CEO of Nasty Gal.com, an online clothing store. (I may never purchase from the website, but I’ll bet my granddaughter has and may even be a regular patron!)

My daughter- in-law, Lori recommended I read the book, and I am glad she did.

Sophia started with nothing and has built her $100 million dollar on line fashion retailer with more than 350 employees company in just eight years.  She’s smart!  She’s a no nonsense industrious woman. She did not understand that what she achieved wasn't possible according to business statistics! 

She has no college degree.  She didn't inherit a bunch of money, in fact by her own admission she’s lucky to be alive. None the less Sophia has created a culture that works. 

  

On page 224 of the book she says, “The heartbeat of Nasty Gal doesn't exist in one style trend, or article of clothing.  It’s in the way we talk, the way we carry ourselves and the way we see the world.”

I stopped and reread this sentence over and over.  She’s talking about culture!

Without having personally met her I am proud of her. Her book and the culture she demonstrates to today’s generation is to be applauded.  I wish  I had understood culture 30 years ago.

Life lessons have taught me culture, but it’s not been easy!  Very simply put culture matters.  It matters a lot!

There is family culture, education culture, business culture, social culture the list could go on and on.

Wikipedia has the following to say about culture:

“Culture is a word for people's 'way of life', meaning the way groups do things. Different groups of people may have different cultures. A culture is passed on to the next generation by learning”.

Culture counts!  People matter, all people matter.  What we say, the way we deal with one another, simply how we live counts!

This week’s challenge is simple, set time aside and think about your personal culture---what does your culture look like?

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