Enhancing Workplace Culture with Craig Forman

Join Dr. Bobbi Wegner and Craig Forman as they delve into how military precision and psychological insights can transform workplace culture, revealing the secrets to creating high-performing, cohesive teams in a post-COVID world. Discover why understanding relational dynamics is key to thriving in the new era of work.

Craig Forman is the founder of Culture C Consulting and a seasoned expert in organizational psychology and people analytics. With a background that traces his understanding of human behavior to frequent childhood relocations and a four-year stint in the Air Force, Craig has since obtained a degree in business and a master's in industrial-organizational psychology. His impressive career includes roles at Achievers, LinkedIn, and Culture Amp, where he specialized in enhancing workplace culture through data-driven insights. Today, Craig leverages his military and corporate experience to help organizations create actionable strategies that foster psychological resilience and high performance.

Below are the key takeaways from this episode:

• Integrating Military Insights into Workplaces: Craig Forman emphasizes using military principles of cohesion and structured hierarchy to enhance civilian team performance.
• Clearly Defined Goals: The necessity for teams to have clear goals and visions is highlighted to prevent conflict and foster collaboration and trust.
• Effective Meeting Framework: Craig shares a structured meeting framework, covering welcome, connection, work, action, and close, to enhance meeting effectiveness.
• Balancing Tech and Human Interaction: The episode stresses integrating human relational aspects with technology in the workplace to address human-centric challenges effectively.
• Adapting Post-COVID Workplaces: Emphasizing adaptability, they advocate using data to shape work policies and integrating AI while maintaining focus on human relationships.

Today's guest, Craig Forman, can be found online at:

Website: https://www.culturecraig.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/culturecraig/

Your host, Dr. Bobbi Wegner, can be found online at:

Groops: https://www.joingroops.com/

Harvard Extension School Faculty Spotlight: https://youtu.be/zwLai-lu-pk?si=GpKNhtxVvTrS3-pu

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbiwegner/