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title: Free Give to Get Culture Checklist | Velocity
description: "Do your people see a culture they believe or a slogan? A free one-page checklist from Velocity Advisory Group: twelve checks, a score, and what to fix first."
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Free one-page checklist

# Do your people see a culture they believe or a slogan?

Twelve checks in three areas. Check what is true today, score yourself from 0 to 12, and see what to fix first.

- Twelve checks across Credibility, Recognition, and Giving
- A scoring guide that shows what each band means
- One page to print or share with your team

## Get the free checklist

Give to Get Culture Checklist · 1 page · PDF

Trusted by **800+ organizations** across **25+ industries** since 2009

## Try the first four checks

Section one is Credibility: live what you say. Tick what is already true for your team.

Which of these is already true for your team?

- Kept the commitments you made to employees
- Can show how leaders live the values day to day
- Asked employees what they believe the culture is
- Keep learning so you stay relevant to the team

Checked**0** of 4

Be honest: a partial is an unchecked box.

Give to Get Culture Checklist

SECTION ONE

SECTION TWO

SECTION THREE

## What's on the page

### Credibility: Live what you say

Four checks, including: kept the commitments you made to employees.

### Recognition: Make thanks a habit

Four checks, including: call people personally when clients praise them.

### Giving: Give without keeping score

Four checks, including: offer paid time for employees to serve nonprofits.

### A scoring guide

Zero to four, five to eight, and nine to twelve, with what to do at each level.

[Get the checklist](https://coaching.velocityadvisorygroup.com/leadership-library/give-to-get-culture-checklist#get-it)

## Results and feedback from Velocity's leadership work

**30% to 8%**employee turnover in one yearBiopharmaceutical company

**+126%**strategic alignment liftBiopharmaceutical company

**95%**retention rate in a construction leadership programVelocity client

> “Now associates understand themselves better, and leaders have new tools to support their teams.”

Chief People and Culture Officer, healthcare products distributor

> “Velocity challenged our team and brought us together in ways that have paid immediate dividends.”

Managing Partner, accounting and advisory firm

## How scoring works

Each check is one point. Ready means 9 to 12 checks and at least 3 in every section. A high total with an empty section is a warning, not a pass.

### 0 to 4: Mostly a slogan

Start by keeping promises and saying thanks.

### 5 to 8: Close the gaps first

Use your unchecked boxes as next habits.

### 9 to 12: A culture people believe

Keep the habits on a schedule.

## Pair it with the full guide

The checklist shows where you stand. The guide explains why, and what to do next.

1

### Take the checklist

Check what is true today and add up your score from 0 to 12.

2

### Read the guide

The Give to Get Model explains the thinking behind it and gives your team tools to act.

3

### Talk with Velocity

Turn your unchecked boxes into a plan with a Velocity advisor.

### Who this is for

- Leaders who want culture people believe, not slogans
- Managers whose teams doubt what the posters promise
- Organizations investing in people to earn commitment
- Executives closing the gap between words and actions

## Find out where you stand

Get the one-page checklist and score your team in minutes.

[Get the checklist](https://coaching.velocityadvisorygroup.com/leadership-library/give-to-get-culture-checklist#get-it)

**800+**organizations led through change

**25+**industries

**2009**building momentum since

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