Embracing a Better Workplace Culture
Let’s start at the very beginning. What is company culture? Company culture relates to the company work environment (how employees are treated and what it feels like to work for a particular company). Company culture is becoming more and more important as a factor to be considered when someone is deciding whether they’d like to take a job or not. Working on improving your culture and the way your brand is perceived by employees and clients, can have a major impact on your success in the long run.
Here are some simple ways to check if your company culture is in a good place (or incorporate these in if its not!):
Make sure your company’s goals and values are well established and communicated: If all employees know what’s expected of them as well as their limitations within the company, they’re more likely to get on with work without any confusion or time wasting.
Flexibility: Recent research has shown how much of a positive impact a flexible schedule has on employees creativity, focus and productivity. Whether it be flexible office hours, working from home one or two days a week, or offering multiple work spaces around the office, flexibility can come in many forms.
Use modern technology to your advantage: There are so many amazing apps and platforms that exist today, to make communication within the company easy and seamless. Work can be centralised, workload is eased and miscommunication is avoided when everyone is on the same system and chatting through projects throughout the day.
Be open to employee feedback: Your team won’t get stronger if you aren’t working on it everyday. Each person has been hired because of their strengths and personal value, so hearing people out can hugely benefit the company and establish systems that lead to success you never could’ve created on your own.
Reward hard work: Your employees are working day in and day out to make the company a success, so they should be rewarded accordingly. Set goals and challenges for employees to achieve, with a reward waiting for them at the end. When they meet these expectations and succeed, stick to your word, celebrate them and give them that promised reward. This creates a culture of symbiosis where employer and employees work together in unity because of mutual trust and respect.
At the end of the day, how your employees feel within the company has a huge impact on their performance. If they are seen, heard and respected, you can expect hard work and huge success for them and the company as a whole!
