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A Cultural Advantage: Making People Feel At Home in Your Organization

Posted to Best Place to Work, Blog, ChangeWright Consulting, Culture, NexusAfrica, Organizational Entry, Retention on September 29, 2011 - 11:42am

On my recent trip to the NexusAfrica conference in Johannesburg, I found my first intriguing lesson in the time spent with my host family.  I was welcomed into the home of Ivan and Yolande Overton, founders of ChangeWright Consulting, and their three-year-old son Mathew. 

 I was struck by how comfortable they made me feel – nearly like family.  They invited me to make myself at home which included foraging for late night snacks, taking a nap in the middle of their living room and playing with Matthew and his minitiature cars like I was actually the Uncle he called me (or at least  that’s what he said in Afrikaans I was told by his parents).