7 Tips to Better Workplace culture

7 Tips to Better Workplace Culture | A touchy subject we know, but workplace culture is more important than many think and is the number 1 reason why employees choose to leave a workplace.  Now if an employee takes approximately 200 hours to fully train (that's 100 of their hours and 100 of the trainers) wouldn't it make sense to ensure that your workplace culture is up to scratch to keep those staff around? So, to help you our here is our top 7 tips on improving your workplace culture. ​

1. Communication.  Front and centre where it should be.  Open communication within the company fosters greater success.  This means between peers and between the various levels of the organization.  Clear communication lets staff know where they stand and clears any fears uncertainties and doubts the employees may be having.
2. Respect. Respect is an important part of a workplace culture.  This means respect between peers and between the highest-level employees and the lowest.  Employees that feel disrespected quickly become disgruntled.  The quality and quantity of their work suffers.
3. Inclusivity. Significant separation between the upper level employees and the lower level employees has often been a source of friction.  Establish a corporate culture that includes all employees from the CEO to the person that answers the phones.
4. Employee recognition.  Positive work cultures give employees recognition for their accomplishments above and beyond the norm.  This can take the form of monetary awards, additional days off, lunch with the CEO, or even jut mention in an email or company newsletter.
5. Consistency.  Consistency means it applies to all employees and at all times.  If you're willing to throw out your values during a mini-crisis you don't have a stable culture.  The culture needs to come before everything else, or everyone understands that it's all just smoke and mirrors.
6. Transparency.  This really goes along with communication. Be as transparent as possible.  The old mentality of "You don't need to know anything beyond what you need to know to do your job" is dead and can be detrimental to your business.  Believe it or not your employees can handle the truth.  Even if the company is going through a rough patch, communicating this to your employees can cure their fears and uncertainties and stops office gossip and them making up their own stories.
7. Employee feedback. Ask for and use employee feedback.  You can't be everywhere at once, and you don't know the absolute best way to perform every job in your company.  Your employees know things, and it would be wise to extract this information from them.  Encourage your employees to provide regular feedback on all aspects of the company, this will encourage them to want to communicate more regularly and open the lines of communication.  You want employees that are not afraid to come and talk to you should they have a problem.

How does your workplace stack up?  Do you need to make some adjustments? Workplace culture has a huge effect on the bottom line of your business, small changes can make all the difference.  We hope these tips have helped you out.
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