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Bolt’s Conscious Culture: Culture Playbook

What is a Conscious Culture? Introduction When building something great, team and culture are just as important as strategy and product. Every company will say they have a great culture and point to their values listed on a wall. But culture is not simply a list of values. Culture is

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Managing our team

How To Be A Great Manager Everyone deserves an exceptional manager. Managers play a vital role in the success of an organization. Like any skill, it’s a learned craft that takes time and dedicated effort to master. Research consistently shows that the success of managers is the greatest indicator

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Manager’s Guide To Compensation & Promotion

Promotion Philosophy Like hiring, try to continually raise the bar when it comes to promotions. In order to do that, employ a team based approach that makes the direct manager an advocate, but not a final decision maker. A Promotion Committee will collectively review and approve promotions on a bi-annual

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Performance Reviews

Performance Review Philosophy Learning and growth are a central part of culture, as exhibited by the“United and Unique” operating value. Learning and growth are critical to our company’s success and employees can improve through ongoing feedback, clear development paths, and mentorship from your managers and team members. In

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Setting Goals and Tracking Performance

OKR Overview and Process Objectives Objectives are the goals. They tell the company where to go. Key Results They align with objectives and tell the company how you’ll get there. Example: We sell barbecues online. Objective: We want to grow revenue to 1 million this quarter. Key Results: * Rank

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Making Decisions

Decision Making Philosophy A company’s value is no more than the sum of the decisions it makes and executes — and the quality of decision making is as important as executing on those decisions. A company’s assets, capabilities, and structure are useless unless team members throughout the organization make

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Remote Work Best Practices

Working Remotely: Tips and Resources Many of the tips and resources in this section draw from Facebook and their Working Remotely: How We Make It Work, and Remote Work Tips guidance. They are intended to help you do your best work, wherever you’re working. Browse the full playbook: Bolt’

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