Creating a healthy work environment and organizational culture
It is becoming more and more popular for employees to leave their current employment solely on the reasoning of a company’s working environment or culture. Whether it’s managers or co-workers that are difficult to work with or employees feeling like the work they are putting forth is not being recognized.
Employees will be motivated to work harder and come into work with a positive attitude if they know that there is a healthy work environment that promotes a positive organization culture. This can easily be accomplished if companies are Open, Genuine, Flexible, and Engaging.
Open Communication
Many company now have an open-door policy, where employees can come in at any time to ask questions or to chat to their other fellow co-workers. Having this openness to connect and help employees shows character in the company, making management and supervisors less intimidating for new hires and trainees. Showing early on that there is room for suggestions, that their opinions matter and if a certain employee is struggling with anything they can go to and ask a co-worker or manager right away.
It also gives the employees the option to check in with their managers on general issues with their work and possible ideas to help improve areas of the business. This will help build further growth opportunities with managers and employees. If employees know that their ideas are being heard and put into action, more passion, drive, and effectiveness of their work will be shown.
Be Genuine with Employees
If managers, supervisors, and business leaders of a company are genuine and honest with their employees, it will create an atmosphere of trust from top to bottom and it will have a positive impact long term. Each member of the team will understand the importance of their role giving them more certainty of their contributions.
Having regular conversations on the growth and potential of the company will keep most employees at ease of their success. Knowing that the success of the company can translate to their own success, they know that the positive impact that they have on the business with come with great rewards.
Work Flexibility
In the past year and a half, working from home has become common practice in today’s business world. Most people have a better overall attitude towards work if they have the option of a flexible schedule. This becomes an important benefit to employees that appears to be here to stay.
It’s all about having options and the power of choice. Employees may want to work from once a week, or twice a week, or they may prefer to work in office. Giving the option to choose shows the employee that the company cares about the employee’s well-being and to find a setup that works best for everyone.
Workplace Engagement
A company cannot function without its employees, and employees are at their best when they are engaged in the workplace. That is why it is important when considering new hires on the potential cultural fit into your organization. Bringing in talent is important, but if they come at the risk of disrupting the positive work culture that your team worked so hard to build, it may not be worth it.
To keep employees engaged, managers and business leaders needs to manage and set realistic goals with employees. This is critical for long-term growth and to further implement a trusting bond. To do this successfully, managers can sit down with each employee or as a team to put in place realistic goals to achieve. Both individual and team goals will for consideration of each employee’s skills and what the collective group is capable of accomplishing. Once the goals are set, the company must provide the necessary resources for the team to perform to the best of their abilities.
If businesses can follow the four simple steps above, they are well on their way in creating a healthy work environment and positive culture that would not only help the business and their team grow, but it would also help in retaining their top talent, as well as attracting new talent to the group.
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