The word "company" contains what's most important in a company: colleagues, customers, and partners.

I always found it fascinating that the word "company" already contains in it what's most important in a company: 

*** The company of your colleagues, customers, and partners. ***

It's that company -- the company of your people -- that determines how fulfilled, or happy, you feel at a job.

If you think about a company in those terms, you'll develop more meaningful relationships at work. 

For example, 

- When interviewing, instead of asking "what's your company's culture like," ask, "what do you find most interesting about your company's culture?" (This way, you learn something about your interviewer -- your future company -- too). 

- Instead of focusing on achieving results, focus more on developing talent to achieve those results.

- Instead of complaining about "gaps," or things your company "should" be doing, pull up your sleeves, collect a company of your colleagues, and make it happen! (eg, organize a birthday celebration, instead of saying, "They don't celebrate birthdays here.")

It's THE COMPANY that matters 🙂