Your company culture refers to your core values and beliefs which guide the working condition of your company. It refers to the behavioural tendencies and attitudes that are applicable in an organization.
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For your company to perform at its optimal level, it is vital that the company culture – those values and belief systems – are tailored towards positivity. This is because it is only the
positive vibes that can drive the great results you desire.
To this effect, here are a few ways you can create that balance and build a positive company culture, as a
business owner/entrepreneur.
The first thing you will want to do will be to gain clarity on what exactly you are in business to achieve, then you set these
goals and make them available to your employees. It is not also enough to just write down some vague goals and even hang them on the walls or spread them out at the entrance of the building. It is even more important to make everyone in the loop understand what you want to achieve and how you plan to achieve it. Only then can they buy into that vision and run with it.
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Enforce Organizational Goals
As earlier mentioned, you can’t only state the goals and let them go unrealized, you definitely need to enforce them. Enforcing the organization’s goals is not done by cohesion, but by making everyone come to the understanding of what is involved. You need to ensure that every individual and every department is reaching their targets. You can also make little rewards available for targets that have been hit. This will give everyone some sort of motivation to keep pushing for the best interest of the company.
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Adopt The Policy Of Inclusion
We are aware that you are the boss and will want to have your way with things. But oftentimes, this is not the best decision to make for your business. People easily forget and disregard something they have no part in. But when there is a policy of inclusion, the employees get to be fully involved in the decision-making process. Rest assured that it will be difficult for them to fault on a decision they were part of making. Allow them to contribute responsibly to the running of the organization. They are not just there to take non-inclusive instructions and wait for payday. It builds in them the spirit of stewardship, as they become more accountable to the organization and equally to themselves.
Dale Carnegie once said, “People rarely succeed unless they are having fun in what they are doing.” When you create an environment where your employees see you as an omniscient boss that cannot be related with, it tends to make the air toxic and it hinders the flow of things. Allow some time for fun. Of course, you don’t plan to have them neglect their duties and tell jokes all day. But build a connection and let the team relate with themselves and with you also. You can make provisions for get-togethers or team bonding sessions to allow you all to let off some steam. By the time you get back to work, you will see that your team is much more inspired.
Running a company is stressful enough. This is why you need to ease the environment as much as possible, creating that positive space that can get work done more effectively and efficiently. Work on these things today and you will be glad you did.
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This article was first published on 21st August 2021
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Chidiogo Shalom Akaelu holds a degree in English and Literary Studies, from the University of Nigeria. She is a freelance writer, editor and founder of Loana Press, a budding online publishing outlet.
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