Becky Kiser and The Secret to Making Your Holidays More Meaningful
The way we celebrate the holidays shapes our family culture. The traditions and customs around Birthdays, Easter, Thanksgiving, and yes, even Valentine’s Day create experiences in our home that are remembered by our children years after they leave our home.
Start with Your Why
Knowing your why gives you the confidence you need to pursue a life with purpose, not just as an individual but as a family.
Resources That Have Changed Our Family's Culture
We’ve put together a short list of resources that have helped us along in the culture building process and in many cases changed the way we think about family culture.
Jessica Wolstenhom on Cultivating Faith in Your Family Culture
Faith is integral to many families and it plays an important part in bringing people together. When we establish a culture of faith in our homes we have a greater chance of passing our faith onto our children.
Emily Sue Allen on Resilience and Family Culture
It’s easy for parents to have big ideas about what they want their family to look like but then get discouraged in their everyday. It’s important for you to know that we’ve all experienced this.
Today we are talking with Emily Sue Allen. We hope her words will inspire you to stay the course when it comes to establishing what is important to you.
The Power of a Family Business Meeting
Within a workplace or organization, regular meetings with team members are a given. They keep you informed, help you achieve goals and ensure everyone is on the right track, and provide an opportunity to innovate as a team. Weekly meetings within a family can do the same.
Elisa Pulliam on Technology and Family Culture
Have you ever wondered “could I be addicted to my phone?” I feel like that question has definitely crossed all our minds at some point. With so much technology and social media available, it’s only a matter of time before we feel like we just can’t live without it.
Sarah Koontz on How Family Culture Helps You Through Life’s Changes
Making big changes can be scary, especially when those changes affect not only you but the ones you love.
Elise Daly Parker on How Vision Boarding Will Help Your Family
Today we are learning about a tool that Olympic athletes have used for decades to improve performance. It might surprise you what it is and how it can be used to build family culture.
How a Family Retreat Will Benefit Your Family
Many organizations hold yearly employee performance reviews. These evaluations reinforce what their managers expect in the workplace but also provide employers with information to use when making decisions, such as promotions, pay raises, and layoffs. In addition, many organizations utilize the 360 peer review which is an assessment of interpersonal skills from an employee’s peers. We used the same format with our children and incorporated it into our yearly retreat.
Jen Schmidt on Opening the Door of Your Home
In this episode, we are talking with Jen Schmidt. She recently wrote a book called Just Open the Door. At first glance, it appears to be a book about hospitality, but it’s far more than that. It’s about “How One Invitation Can change a Generation”
Kimberly Coyle on Maintaining Family Culture After a Move
Where you live has a huge impact on your family culture. It may determine how much time you spend with your family, how you work, how you play, what you eat, and even how you interact with others. So, what happens to your family culture when you move somewhere that’s drastically different than where you are now?
Matt Bartgis on Navigating the Tension between Culture and Individuality
When people hear the word tension it’s not always a positive thing. However, there are 2 types of tensions - healthy and unhealthy. This episode will help you shift your perspective on tension and explain why it is an important part of growth as both an individual, and an organization, and a family.
Elisa Pulliam on When Your Spouse is Not on Board
There are many reasons why a partner may not be a part of culture building process of the home. It could be long work hours, frequent business travel, or possible health issues. Or they may just not understand why culture matters. If you feel alone when it comes to creating your family culture this podcast will give you the encouragement and tools you need to make lasting positive changes.
The Family Culture Project Season 2 Trailer
Join us each week in season 2, as we talk with experts, leaders, and everyday people who are intentionally creating culture within their families and organizations. Drawing on the principles of organizational culture, we will help you establish your unique family culture, one that reflects your values and beliefs. As a result, you’ll be able to lead with purpose and passion and create unity within your family.
How Words Shape Your Family Culture
The contributing factors in a culture are the vision, values, and beliefs, and practices which include language. This week we will be focusing on the words we use in our every day that shape our families culture.
You Know What Your Passionate About... Now What?
We are all passionate about something but few of us can say that those passions are a part of our lives. In this episode, we will be addressing what to consider when making what matters to you most show up in your every day.
Why What You are Passionate About Matters
Knowing your core values and passions is crucial to living a life of purpose with your family.In this episode, we will be talking about passions, what they are, and why they are important to not only identify and but incorporate into your family’s culture.
Why Knowing Your Values is Not Enough
It’s great to know what your values are but they are meaningless if they are on their own.
We have all seen the posters. The ones that include a beautiful image and a list of values that a company stands for. These large signs proclaim what’s important to its founder, however, the organization's members go about their days continuing with habits that just don’t line up with the words displayed.
In this episode, we are talking more about values, and why simply knowing your what yours are, is not enough to build a strong family culture.