(The following is an exerpt from a recent LinkedIn article published by Garrett)

"I believe if you do good, quality work, communicate well and invest in an environment that people want to be a part of, all the rest will fall into place."

That’s the last sentence in “An introduction to Good Work,” a blog post I wrote about eight years ago, only a few months after making the jump to full-time self-employment.

At that point I was the sole web developer and also admin, sales, project management, and accounting. I hadn’t seen it play out at all in the real world; it was just a visionary statement.

Jumping into the digital service business is easy. Doing it while keeping reasonable hours, a healthy profit, a happy team, and continual growth without being labeled as “just another web development company” is hard.

Some examples of how we have intentionally invested in an environment that people want to be a part of and created a contagious culture, include:

#3 - We’re serious about work, but we’re also serious about keeping it light. We spend a lot of time together, so it needs to be enjoyable.

#6 - Everyone on our team has cool hobbies outside of work. We work to live, and we don’t work during living time.

#10 - Loyalty. We will walk into a fire for our employees and always have their back.

Read the full article, including the other 7 examples, here.