Work Culture: We Are Guts Gallery

Many Art Galleries' values are traditional and outdated and are unable to adapt to new ways of working.  At Guts, it is important to create a workplace culture that supports freedom and responsibility that acts in Guts Gallery’s best interest.  We believe there is always a solution to a problem, and as a team, we can thrive and grow together to become the best possible person in and outside the workplace.

 

Guts

  • You openly have an opinion when it’s in the best interest of Guts

  • You question actions that do not align with our values

  • You take risks and are accountable whatever the outcome


Inquisitive 

  • You learn practically and ask for tools to guide you 

  • You seek to understand problems others face and provide solutions

  • You listen and take on others' perspectives


Intuitive 

  • You think strategically, and can articulate what you are, and are not, trying to do

  • You are good at using data to inform your intuition

  • You make decisions based on the long term, not near term

  • You make wise decisions


Selflessness 

  • You seek what is best for Guts Gallery, rather than what is best for yourself 

  • You are open-minded in search of great ideas

  • You make time to help colleagues


Dialogue 

  • You are concise and articulate in speech and writing

  • You listen well and seek to understand before reacting

  • You maintain calm poise in stressful situations to draw out the clearest thinking

  • You adapt your communication style to work well with people from around the world who may not share your native language

  • You provide helpful and timely feedback to colleagues


Passion

  • You inspire others 

  • You care about each Guts employee, artists and Guts networks

  • You are optimistic

  • You are quietly confident and openly humble


Innovation

  • You create new ideas that prove useful

  • You re-conceptualize issues to discover solutions to hard problems

  • You challenge prevailing assumptions and suggest better approaches

  • You thrive on change


Inclusion

  • You collaborate effectively with people of diverse backgrounds and cultures

  • You nurture and embrace differing perspectives to make better decisions

  • You recognize we all have biases and work to grow past them

  • You intervene if someone else is being marginalised

  • You are curious about how our different backgrounds affect us at work, rather than pretending they don’t affect us


Integrity

  • You are known for authenticity and transparency

  • You only say things about fellow employees that you say to their face

  • You admit mistakes freely and openly

  • You treat people with respect regardless of their status or disagreement with you


Impact

  • You accomplish amazing amounts of important work

  • You demonstrate consistently strong performance so others can rely upon you

  • You make your colleagues better

  • You focus on results over the process