Employee Appreciation Day in 2021
Over the past year, I’m sure you’ve heard the word burnout before. When your TV room is your gym, dining room, chillaxing stat...
Your internal company culture is your work environment, expectations of your employees/peers, values; which also defines how...
Your internal company culture is your work environment, expectations of your employees/peers, values; which also defines how people interact and work together. Your company culture gives your company an identity, which makes it distinct from other organizations.
Long gone are the days where a job is just that… a job. Employees want to be engaged, they want careers, they want to enjoy coming to work, they want flexibility and more importantly, they want to be valued. Creating a strong work culture that is embedded in your work environment is how you hire top talent and retain top talent. As employers, we are in the business of people, failure to realize this will keep your turnover high and reduce the opportunity for success.
Here are a few tips to get you started when you are building a strong healthy work culture, cultivate employee appreciate and foster an environment supportive of employee engagement.
Improving your company culture is not a process that will happen overnight. One step is to put goals in place for each year that support your initiative and really commit to your plan of action. Be flexible, some ideas will work well, and some will not. Remember to utilize resources that are available to you that provide a tangible return on your investment.
Assembly offers resources available to you, that allow you to test out ideas with a free membership! With a little creativity and innovation, you will notice a difference in your culture right away.
About the Author, Nicole Miles
Nicole Miles has over 15 years of experience in Human Resources specifically with small to mid-size companies specializing in establishing company cultures, mentoring/ coaching managers, and assisting organizations with building a bridge to better communication/engagement. She believes that a successful business has great people at the very hear of it. She has attended Cornell University Human Resources Strategic Leadership Course and Marketing Strategy Certificate Course; she also works as an HR and Marketing Director in the Oil and Gas Industry with both experience in International Human Resources and Multi-State Employment Law.