Organizational Culture Describe Understanding Company's Values Organizational

Organizational Culture Describe understanding company's values Organizational culture: XX Fitness XX Fitness is committed to bringing fitness to serious fitness enthusiasts in a no-gimmick format. XX Fitness is a 'high end' training facility, because of its relatively high price point at $60 per/session, and its commitment to personalized service. It seeks out people willing to make a commitment to fitness, although it does train persons at all levels. Trainers who work for the company have extensive backgrounds in fitness and sport, and all are certified.

Many, like myself, have degrees in exercise sciences. Personal training, by definition, is a very individualistic profession, and one of the great strengths of the company is that the trainers, as well as being highly experienced, are very competitive and determined to succeed. This individualized nature is reflected in XX Fitness' attempt to pair every client with his or her 'perfect' match as a trainer. The downside to this individualism is a lack of cohesion amongst employees.

Trainers may move from one fitness company to another with great fluidity, or also take personal clients outside of the fitness facility. Counteracting this influence to some degree is the fact that all trainers genuinely love what they do, and feel they are doing what they love for a living. Because it is so difficult to maintain one's certification, there is a built-in commitment amongst the trainers: personal training is not a profession that one can enter into casually and succeed.

The fitness industry is somewhat unique, in terms of how trainers function within a business model, given that trainers may work for several facilities. Trainers at the same facility may not necessarily have much in common, unlike members of other professions. Some may train as a full-time job, others as a part-time job. They may have different specialties. Some may specialize in a specific sport, while others may simply focus on general fitness and weight loss.

This is necessary for a fitness business, given that clients come to a gym with a variety of needs. But it also means that the organizational culture does not have a central sense of loyalty and common values, other than a commitment to attract clients. And even then, trainers may compete for one another's business. The fact that most trainers do not know one another personally at XX Fitness, even though they work at the same facility, tends to compound this problem.

One obvious solution is to encourage workers to spend more time together, and to stage general company training meetings, to educate them about aspects of the fitness industry and also to create social connections. But this is not really feasible, given that trainers work a variety of hours that do not necessarily overlap. Some may train early in the.