{"id":4093,"date":"2018-04-12T15:05:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T20:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/?p=4093"},"modified":"2018-04-12T15:05:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T20:05:43","slug":"how-to-overcome-half-baked-pies-and-under-cooked-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etereman.com\/remanu\/2018\/04\/12\/how-to-overcome-half-baked-pies-and-under-cooked-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Overcome Half-Baked Pies – and Under-Cooked Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nI am known around the office as something of a baker. I need only inspiration, boredom, or a humble request from my colleagues to bring in the goods to share with one and all\u2026 or the few that usually devour it by 9 AM.
\nRecently, a group baking event presented itself at work that I couldn\u2019t pass up.
\nI prepped a week ahead of time, picking out my recipes. I did my grocery shopping Monday evening and spent a good amount of my Tuesday night baking. I even woke up early on Wednesday to make a second item. I was feeling pretty good when I got to work and was excited to see what else people brought in.
\nOnce I got there, however, I found that no one else had baked a pie.
\nIt was Pi Day \u2013 3\/14 (3.14159\u2026) and because we don\u2019t need more of a reason to celebrate, The Rhythm of Reman<\/a> had it on the Culture Calendar in our most walked through hallway, a flier was made, and the date approached. I, and everyone else, see this calendar every day. Around here, we know The Big Impact of a Small Celebration.<\/a> Whether it is a coworker\u2019s birthday, work anniversary, or crazy national holiday that we are celebrating on a Friday Funday, it\u2019s on that calendar. I was ready<\/em>.
\nPi Day offered an opportunity for everyone to engage. You could bake a pie in either the sweet or savory categories (I did both) or bring in a store-bought pie to compete. I knew I had a chance to win one. I can\u2019t say there was no participation \u2013 everyone was more than happy to participate in the eating of the pie, but why did no one else contribute to the actual bake-off?
\nSure, a couple of people brought in a store-bought pie and one REMAN U author who shall remain nameless brought in a baked pie her family passed on, but by default, I won. How can you have a bake-off without any other participants? To be clear, I wasn\u2019t in it to win it. I did it to support my coworkers and the effort that was put in to come up with the idea.
\nUndoubtedly, culture matters, and I\u2019m a part of a good one, but that doesn\u2019t mean I don\u2019t see struggles sometimes. Unless there is some type of award for participating, it feels hard to get everyone to be a part of something.
\nYou have all the means to have a great culture and likely a lot of effort from a few members of your team that are highly engaged. But how can you work to bring more people into the culture fold?<\/p>\n