Your Corporate Culture Can Be Impacted in Four Ways

"Culture" has lately become a phrase in business, thanks to well-known organizations that are acclaimed for their corporate cultures that stimulate creativity and innovation in a relaxed setting. IT companies add bars and foosball tables while other workplaces allow pets or have more permissive dress codes. The intention is to foster a work environment where employees are happy, willing to contribute, and unconcerned with putting in excessive hours.

But there are specific ways in which the culture that you have worked so hard to establish might be ruined. It's possible that your company has one of these potential culture killers.

There are much too many locks and obstacles.

You promote cooperation and communication while upholding the standard workplace layout of cubicles, individual offices, and cramped meeting rooms. That's not to mean that you should use force to get through the office, though. Some of your staff members might want or need a private office to take calls and meet with clients. However, you can set aside a room for teamwork.

Can you provide a conference room with comfortable chairs so that employees can gather or take a break in a less formal environment? What if the break area was more like a "café" than a "drive-through for fast food"? By offering even one or two calm, comfortable locations, it can promote conversation and innovation.

Questionable hiring decisions

Culture is essentially about the people, to put it simply. Every area of the company is affected by this way of thinking, which filters down from management. As a result, you must take extra care while adding new team members. Will they mesh well with the culture of your business even if they possess all the essential skills? Will a person who is more sober and all business blend in with the workplace where dogs are allowed to wander freely and employees wear blue jeans? Simply put, a worker who doesn't fit in with your company culture won't be pleased, and you won't be either when they perform poorly or leave.

For the sake of eccentricity.

If you set up a ping-pong table and a happy hour on Friday but nobody seems to be interested, what's going on? Are there ping pong tables and happy hour on Fridays where you work? Or do they pose a bigger problem? Do many of your staff members have young families who would rather spend Fridays at home than the office bar?

If your employees isn't motivated by a trendy, hip company culture, don't try to impose one on them. Instead, think about what would motivate your team more: early Friday closings in the summer or telecommuting? Avoid trying to copy a style that doesn't actually work just because it seems nice because every workplace is different.

Fear of failure

You must accept that business failure is a reality of doing business if you support innovation and creativity. Workers won't feel motivated to try something new if they are aware that there would be serious consequences if it doesn't work out. Recognize that failure is a necessary part of creation, learn from it, and try again.

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