Leadership
Culture insights, communication strategies, and executive POVs for CEOs and managers.
When we were kids, we learned to be careful about who we let influence us. Yet most leaders never apply that same care to the workplace influencers shaping their…
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5 Ways to Nudge Managers Toward Better Recognition
I’ve worked with a lot of managers over the years, and almost every one of them cares…
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Find Your Bright Spots: How to Build a Culture of Recognition That Lasts
In my years in HR, I put out a lot of fires. Some stretches felt like a hamster wheel, with a new…
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When Work Becomes a Transaction, People Stop Showing Up
A transactional work culture doesn’t reward engagement, it rewards compliance, and it’s quietly costing you your best people. Hit your number, get your bonus. Miss it, get a talking…
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How to rebuild company culture after a layoff (when you don’t have time, budget, or buy-in)
A People Ops operator’s guide to culture recovery after layoffs — what the research says, and the four patterns I’d build first. I have always had a strong desire…
Learn MoreMentorship Program Best Practices: Tips That Actually Work
Mentorship & Development What Great Mentors Actually Do (And Where Most Mentorship Programs Get It Wrong) Most workplace mentorship programs are well-intentioned but under-engineered. A mentor gets…
Learn MoreThe 5 Languages of Appreciation at Work (And One We Don’t Talk About Enough)
Employee appreciation sounds deceptively simple: say thank you, recognize great work, celebrate wins, don’t be a jerk. But if you’ve ever rolled out recognition and felt like it didn’t…
Learn MoreBeyond the “Great Job” Email: Why Your Culture Needs Physical Artifacts of Appreciation
In the modern workplace, we are drowning in digital “pats on the back.” We have Slack emojis, LinkedIn recommendations, and the occasional “Kudos” in a Zoom meeting. But when…
Learn MoreRunning The Annual Meeting To Get Your Team FEELING Right
CEOs, Execs, Leaders, and People Ops professionals all around the world stare down the end of the year with an eye toward rallying their teams in the year ahead.
Learn MoreAmazing Core Values That Build Strong, High-Performing Cultures
Some core values just hit different. Every once in a while, you come across a set of principles so clear, so sturdy, so alive in the day-to-day of a…
Learn MoreThe Team Behind CultureBot
Culture built our $500M+ Business. Now we're empowering your culture.

Scott Wolfe
CoFounder
Former startup founder with 20+ years building high-performance in-person, hybrid, and remote teams.…
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Jami Smith
Co-Founder
Seasoned HR leader with more than a decade of experience transforming organizations through…
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Co-Founder
Madeline Chizmar is Co-Founder of CultureBot and co-founder of Brightspot People. With a…
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