Culture Playbook: Building A People Manager Community From Scratch

Culture Playbook: Building A People Manager Community From Scratch

Startup people managers get next to no support and guidance.

'Accidental managers' are super common.

Yet you know how big an impact people managers have on your employee retention, engagement and performance. So what do you do if you haven't got a big budget to invest here?

You build a peer-to-peer community of practice as a foundation for excellence and ensure a consistent people management experience for all your teams and a space for people managers to help each other up skill.

Save yourself hours of preparation, planning and workshop design – let's build your people manager community of practice the right way – so it self-sustains and becomes your flagship project this year!

About the authors

John Faulkner-Willcocks & Adam Horne are the founders of openorg.fyi and have worked with over 100 startup leadership teams to help design and embed culture change. This is a consolidation of their 25+ years of experience company-building with a 'transparency-first' mindset.

What is it?

A meticulously crafted and highly practical playbook on 'how to build a people manager community of practice from scratch'.

Built in Notion, ready to deploy with approach, facilitation guidance and comms guidance.

Who is it for?

• Time Poor People Leaders: Looking to accelerate their ability to plan & deliver effective workshops.
• First Time Head of Peoples: Looking to upskill their company-building craft.
• Founders: Committed to establishing a positive, productive startup culture from the ground up.

What's the community saying?

What's in the box?

A detailed guide on:

🏕️ Building A People Manager Community Of Practice From Scratch

The playbook features:

• Notion template with a detailed facilitation guide.
• Pre-workshop comms templates for Slack/Email.
• Target outcomes, timeframe, and an embedding guide to ensure lasting impact.

Have a question?

Email John at john@openorg.fyi or say hi on LinkedIn / Twitter

FAQ

Can I share this with my team?

This is intended for individual use only, but if you are tight on L&D budget and want to share with your immediate team, please do.

Does purchase include lifetime access to future updates to this playbook?

Yes!

How do I join the Open Org Slack Community?

👉 You can apply here and join a close knit crew of 204 other startup culture builders.