How to create a strong company culture without a full-time HR team.

If you lead a business with 25-300 employees, this is for you —

You can have an incredible culture without a full-time culture, people ops, or even HR employees.

Bold? I know.

But, it's tough for many organizations your size to make the financial commitment. And if you do, you likely don't have the strategic expertise to guide them into creating an incredible culture.

This doesn't make culture any less important.

A 2021 study has shown that CEOs are concerned most about employee productivity. (56% of them say that it is a deep concern for them. Predictive Index.)

Here are two ways that these businesses can create this incredible culture:

1. Create self-sustaining systems. Don't rely on simply having one-off one-on-one meetings or leaving other communications happen stance. Instead, identify what needs to be done. Map how the process you'll use to do it. And turn these processes into habits. This model will get everyone to use the same procedures and keep positive culture efforts moving forward.

2. Consider outsourcing. If you have turnover or have never built your HR team, it's a great time to consider how others can provide support without having to bring on full personnel. For example, our organization provides our clients C-level to director-level support to organizations looking to provide the best work environments to their employees — all at a fraction of the cost they would spend bringing on full-time personnel.

If you're looking to increase productivity and employee morale but aren't ready to take the leap into more employees, consider implementing one or both of these tactics.