Improving the work environment means improving productivity, retention, and growth — it’s as simple as that.
An ‘ethos’ isn’t actionable. A mission statement isn’t relevant. Instead, you need to purposefully choose actions that, on a first-order, affect your employees.What does something like this even mean? To better understand what these systematic alterations could and need to be, let’s look at what they aren’t first.You don’t need to live in Silicon Valley to know about the fantastic benefits that await employees at tech firms in the Bay Area. They are offered free lunches, gaming machines, sleeping areas, pet health care, and who knows what.
Just as the examples show, company culture should not and cannot be attached to physical comforts. Instead, company culture is a value placed on the employee by bosses. Company culture isn’t a thing, but rather it is an attitude. If this is still a little esoteric, that’s okay. But to dig deeper, let’s look at what your company should not look like.You might be asking yourself whether you oversee or work in an unhealthy environment. If you don’t know, it could be one of two options.