Making it routine
Company culture videos: why stories beat values
A company culture video should show how a company behaves, not list its values. How employee stories make culture concrete for new hires.
Founder, People Stories
Alastair Budge
Alastair founded and runs Leonardo English, a Gothenburg-based company that makes English-language learning material, including the podcast English Learning for Curious Minds. People Stories is built and operated by the same company.
Making it routine
Employee onboarding examples: beyond the handbook
Ten employee onboarding examples that cover what handbooks miss, from unwritten rules and company stories to who actually knows what.
Welcoming new starters
How to make an onboarding video people want to watch
How to make an employee onboarding video that feels useful and human, including what to put in, what to leave out and how to structure it.
Welcoming new starters
CEO welcome video for new employees: what to say
What a CEO or founder should say in a welcome video for new employees, what to avoid, and a simple structure that sounds human rather than corporate.
Welcoming new starters
How to make a welcome video for a new hire, step by step
A team welcome video in four steps, from choosing who to ask to sending the link, with questions, example messages and how long it should be.
Welcoming new starters
Employee introduction videos: a simple format that works
A simple employee introduction video format that helps new hires and teams get to know each other, without awkward scripted introductions.
Welcoming new starters
How to welcome a new starter before day one
What a team can do in the weeks between the signed offer and the first morning, so a new starter arrives knowing a few faces and what Monday looks like.
Farewells and leaving
What to say in a farewell video for a colleague
A simple shape for a thirty-second goodbye, lines you can adapt for a close colleague, a manager or a retirement, and what to leave out.