A Culture of Innovation and Action
This blog is part of a 2020 blog series on our company culture.
At Arc Aspicio, our culture remains the tether to our past and serves as a road map to our future. It empowers people to innovate without fear in a space that is equitable and fair. We ensure that everyone has a fair chance to contribute, collaborate, and compete to support our already strong culture of innovation and action.
Our future as a company, our growth as individuals, and the impact we make for our clients are dependent on our culture. Our culture reflects our shared experiences, is inclusive, and sets expectations in words and deeds. Employees rightly focus on not what is said by a company, but what is demonstrated, what is adhered to, and what is practiced especially under challenging situations. Trust comes from a culture that fosters a commitment to mission success, care, collaboration, and responsibility to each other.
Our company spends a great deal of time, investment, and resources into creating and defining our culture. Most companies do the same thing, many with great emphasis on defining their specific uniqueness and setting certain standards to follow. In truth, a company culture does not necessarily have to be unique to be successful, but it does need to be real, understood, and adhered to in order to be embraced and effective.
We clearly articulate our culture to applicants and recruit for those who already embody its core attributes. It all starts with great people. We recognize that getting an employee to embrace and truly own our culture is dependent on their own initiative. Desire is paramount. It is unrealistic in a business environment to assume that a company culture is so strong it engulfs non-believers into adopting it. Our culture is strong because it not only captures who we are as a company but the character of the people we seek to attract and retain.
Our culture has five key elements:
Bravely Explore and Innovate
Work, Lead, Act
Deliver on Mission
Collaborate and Be Social
Live Values of Loyalty and Respect
Intertwined with these 5 elements is a spirit of collaboration, risk taking, willingness to learn and share knowledge, and working together to solve problems. Our mission to enhance the future of our nation by creating bold ideas and bringing them to life looks bright, because our culture provides the freedom to innovate and act through shared expectations and commitment.
