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Culture is a big deal at Commodore because it defines us. It’s who we are; who we’ve got to be to achieve our goals. Culture molds leadership on every level of our organization. When we talk about Commodore’s culture, we talk about a Performance Culture, a Learning Culture and an Open Culture. That’s what differentiates us from everyone else and fuels our success as a young and growing company.

A Performance Culture is always stretching and improving. There’s lots of room for satisfaction and none for complacency. We’re always looking for better ways to do just about everything. Our performance culture is punctuated by innovation and the courage to share and embrace new ideas. We celebrate our successes, but we always keep an eye on where there’s room for improvement. We’re not interested in being “just as good” as our industry competitors. We have to be better…and that’s the attitude you see, wherever you look at Commodore.

A Learning Culture is constantly importing new knowledge and translating that knowledge into better ways to work and to meet industry challenges. We learn best practices from each other. We learn how to solve problems and how to experiment with new approaches. We’re developing custom training programs for every individual at Commodore because sharing knowledge quickly and efficiently is one of the keys to our success.

An Open Culture is continually asking questions, challenging concepts, giving feedback and getting feedback. We communicate, contribute and conduct ourselves openly. We walk the walk of an open culture. We avoid bcc’s and closed door conversations. We even conduct Open Circle Dialogues to discuss our culture and ways to keep it healthy.

Our commitment to community service originates at the top of our organization. Our CEO, Joe Albanese, is a Captain in the Naval Reserves and in October 2007, returned from serving eight months in Kuwait. Closer to home, we’re always looking for ways to put our commitment to community service into action. In February, we launched the 24 Hour Club. The program is designed to encourage and support the community service of our staff, whether it be as a Girl Scout leader, a coaching soccer, or doing the Polar Plunge. When a Commodore employee completes 24 hours of community service on their own time during the year, Commodore rewards the effort with three extra vacation days in that same year. Community service is important to Commodore and the 24 Hour Club is one way to demonstrate how much we value the individual contributions of our staff. The program is off to a great start…check out the pictures to see for yourself!