Brittany Riley | The Haven Collection Inc. founder and CEO
If there is one thing we can take away from the past three years of growing a startup through a pandemic, it is that the culture we built is what has allowed us to succeed despite the unprecedented challenges.
The single most important thing we have focused on, outside of building the next generation of child care, is ensuring that we have a committed team aligned with the company’s mission and values.
n Hire humans for their ability to add to the company culture. It is not a stretch to suggest that even the most tedious of tasks can be enjoyed when you work in a company full of people who feel supported in their own journeys and are aligned with the company’s mission.
n Offer a more flexible set of benefits. If you have employees who have just left college, offer mental health support to them as they make a transition into adulthood. If you have new or future parents, you should know that 95% of them would leave a job for one that offers child care benefits. Get ahead of that and attract and retain more dedicated and engaged employees by offering support, flexibility and care benefits.
n People are more aware of the finite nature of their time than ever before. Build a company people seek out because of its dedication to enhancing the work part of their work-life integration.
Bottom line? Do things differently and stop working from an organizational blueprint that is dusty and dated. Your team will thrive and so will your business as a result of your efforts.
