Creating a Conducive Work Culture for Your Company
A positive business culture is a strong contributor to business success. 94% of company leaders believe that creating a distinct, conducive culture increases employees’ commitment to business growth. The work culture at any organisation goes beyond the external ambience and includes the company’s beliefs, values, and leadership structure.
When creating a work culture, the goal is to optimise productivity. We think of productivity metrics and impact — thus, consider a healthy workplace culture as a key performance booster. Research by Deloitte also showed that a positive work culture increases employee happiness by 33%.
Looking to create a conducive work culture at your company? Here are five simple steps to do so:
Healthy mind, Healthy Body
Whenever an employee shows up to work, their mental health becomes vulnerable to stress, fatigue, anxiety, or other work-induced mental health problems. Help employees develop healthy mental health through a work environment where they are encouraged to talk about how they feel.
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Changing their office environments could inspire them to more productivity. Redesign office spaces such that they let in the natural night. Place a plant in the conference room and change the water routinely. Do humans at your company work from home? Send occasional meals containing hand-written encouragement or gratitude notes. The little gestures will bring your employees over to the side of wellness and happiness.
Develop Effective Communication Processes
Problems arising from miscommunication frustrate employees more than executives. Poor communication impacts customer experience, employee performance, and ultimately, employee retention.
With multiple communication channels designed for organisations, it is tempting to use everything from emails to Slack huddles. Decide what channels best serve the humans at your company, and stick with them. Assign priorities to different channels. Do urgent messages come in via Slack notification or a Zoho email? What call routines must employees follow?
Team leaders should plan one-on-one meetings on a periodic basis for evaluations and performance reviews.
Do humans at your company work from home? Send occasional meals containing hand-written encouragement or gratitude notes. The little gestures will bring your employees over to the side of wellness and happiness.
Uphold Organisational Culture
73% of employees from companies with a history of strong financial performance agree that their company leaders repeatedly communicate company values. When compared to companies without a history of strong financial performance, researchers recorded a 20% decrease in employee agreement.
The lesson? Operations at your company should be driven by company beliefs and values. The occasional annual-meeting pep talk about being visionary and full of integrity won’t get the job done. Make it repetitive. Lead forward by embodying the values. Employees hear what you do, not what you say. A healthy, productive workplace culture ends with happy employees but must begin with a happy leader.
Don’t Micromanage Employees
You hired your employees because you believe they share your passion and values. Let them get their job done using their methods and strategies. Would you be worried about their performance and commitment? Certainly. However, when you stop micromanaging, you show them that you trust in their abilities, and you trust them to be accountable to one another, and to their leaders.
Create Platforms for Self-development
9 in 10 employees prefer roles that include career learning opportunities. When employees get better at their jobs, business growth becomes inevitable. This reduces turnover rates and boosts employee productivity.
Some companies give access to formal learning platforms like LinkedIn Learning or Coursera. You don’t have to sign your employees up for new courses. A monthly or quarterly quota towards learning something new — with due accountability measures — will give you happy, vibrant employees.
Key Takeaway
Business success and growth depend on the employees; employee behaviour and performance depend primarily on the workplace culture. If you commit to keeping your employees happy, your employees will commit to driving your business forward all day, every day.
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