Whether you’re in a business with 5 employees or 500, company culture is key to long-term employee loyalty. True, things change as the people change-new people come in, the company grows, etc. but overall, the goal is to bond everyone as a unit. A family, if you will. That fosters great communication, a willingness to share ideas and a sense of community.

Turnover is high in creative and tech organization, especially. That’s why creating a company culture of support and trust is key to retaining talent.

Here are three ideas management can implement to help facilitate a company culture that rocks:

1-At the start of every week, everyone shares what they did that weekend. Whether it’s posting photos of you and your dog romping at the beach on the company intranet, sharing selfies from that hot new bar that just opened on the company Snapchat or Instagram feed, or pics from vacation tacked up on the wall, sharing allows everyone to get a glimpse into the lives of their workmates. This will start conversations and questions about their experiences. Everyone will feel a tad bit closer to their office buddies.

2-Ask what everyone is reading now. Granted, not everyone is a big reader. Some may just read magazines, others (like me) are voracious readers, working on 2-3 books at a time. The cool thing about this is that two people from totally different departments may find themselves with commonalities. They may both like biographies or graphic novels. People will get recommendations for books on travel or a fun fiction book they’d never heard of! It’s a really fun way to bring people together who would normally not have a lot of interaction.

3-Lucky-6 lunches. If your company is large enough (if it’s on the smaller size, do a lucky-3), randomly pick 6 people to have lunch with a C-level executive once or twice a month. Even if you have to go old school and literally pick names out of a hat. Really. There’s only one rule-NO TALKING ABOUT WORK. This is all about getting to know people as people. You’ll find the conversations are as varied as each one’s lifestyle and who knows what innovative idea or collaboration may come out of it? It’s also nice just to have a face to face conversation. No cell phones at the table, either. Distracting and rude.

Little things mean a lot. Learning fun facts about fellow employees keeps the mood lighter, more positive and much more fun and friendly. How can they NOT be productive and happy when they feel like their company cares for them? What fun things do YOU do to keep your employees engaged? Share them in the comments below….and always remember to play more so you stress less!