Look at how the employees behave you can understand the character of the CEO.

How can this be?
The CEO's values-behaviours-mindsets (good and bad) will be converted into the corporate culture. The good culture is strong when the conversion is done well.

When you talk about "how to" create that "belonging", we are looking at:

1. The employees like the culture/ practices/ behaviours of the company.

2. Does the culture reflect on the "good" part of the CEO's values-behaviours-mindsets? if not, which part?

3. What else will make the employees like more so much so that the employees want to be part of the organisation in long-term (or join the big organisation as a family member)?

4. Plan out and make that change.

The above is a systematic, goal driven, strategic approach. There are some more factors to consider, but the above should suffice for the "how".

You should now on your way to developing a miniature culture to create that small "belonging" to test the likeness level.

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