Creating healthy high performing organizations - the missing link
Would you fire your top performer? Learn why Eurowings Digital prioritizes trust over performance, leading to record profits and an employee churn rate below 10%.
#1about 2 minutes
Scaling a digital team from 100 to 300 employees
Eurowings Digital's rapid post-pandemic growth from 100 to 300 people required a new focus on building a healthy organization.
#2about 4 minutes
Balancing pay, growth, and culture for retention
Focusing only on pay and growth creates opportunistic employees, while a strong culture is the key differentiator for long-term success.
#3about 3 minutes
How to formalize and measure company culture
Culture is defined by daily behaviors and can be formalized by establishing cultural competencies that are measured in performance reviews.
#4about 5 minutes
Defining six core cultural competencies for success
The six key behaviors measured are teamwork, adaptability, ownership, self-management, diversity, and communication.
#5about 7 minutes
Prioritizing trust over performance in teams
Using the Navy Seals model, high-trust individuals are valued over high-performers with low trust to avoid toxic team dynamics.
#6about 3 minutes
Measuring the business impact of a healthy culture
A focus on culture resulted in a stable eNPS of 8.4, churn under 10%, high candidate satisfaction, and record company profits.
#7about 2 minutes
Bringing your whole self to a healthy workplace
A healthy culture allows employees to balance high performance with personal well-being, avoiding burnout.
#8about 2 minutes
Q&A: What happened to the low-trust high-performer?
The low-trust, high-performing employee eventually left for a company that better suited her functional focus, leading to improved team health.
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