How important is culture and purpose in talent strategy?

**More than ever before, employers must build a culture and a purpose that transcends billable hours**

The top-performing professional services organizations emphasize their unique, employee-centered cultures as the number one element in their business success. Culture is defined as the system of values, beliefs, and behaviors that define how work really gets done.

Culture brings together the implicit and explicit reward systems that define how an organization actually works in practice, no matter what an organizational chart, business strategy, or corporate mission statement may say.

Professional services employees are looking for opportunities at work, but they also need to feel a sense of community and belief that their managers and employers really care about the work they are doing.