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HR Interview

Use this interview guideline to map both your current cultural values and clearly identify your current team set-up and cultural rituals like hiring, onboarding and evaluations.

Each good cultural manifesto finds a balance between 'aspiration' and 'credibility'.

Besides having an ambitious company mission stated (see resource: 'Founder interview') that provides direction, the other key starting point of the co-writing sessions is a clear mapping of the workings of your current culture. Use this interview guideline to map both your current cultural values and clearly identify your current cultural rituals around employee hiring, employee onboarding and employee evaluation.

  • Guideline for a 45-60 minute interview
  • Goal: getting a clear mapping of your current culture's workings and rituals
  • Outcomes to be used as the starting point for your co-writing team

Other resources to get ready

Co-writing pre-read

Invite and prepare the participants of the co-writing sessions.

Mission Statement: a guide to defining the 'why, what and how' of your company

The mission of your company is what should guide your cultural values. Get inspired and use this guide with examples and an interview to help you clearly state your mission.

How we can help

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Cultural Diagnosis

Capture the strengths and opportunities of your current team culture.

Through a company-wide survey—optionally supported by qualitative interviews—we will identify the strong and weak aspects of your current culture, creating the ideal foundation for your cultural roadmap.

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Cultural DNA

Define your winning cultural values and behaviors

We guide you and your team while defining your winning culture and delivering your custom-written and designed Cultural Manifesto, which will be the foundation all your future People and Culture practices.