A healthy work culture leads to satisfied employees and an increased productivity. There are some of the key characteristics of healthy work culture-
- Employees must be cordial with each other and one must respect his/her fellow worker.
- Backbiting should be considered strictly unprofessional and must be avoided for a healthy work culture.
- Each employee should be treated as an asset.
- Transparency must be encouraged to develop healthy work culture. Partiality leads to demotivate employees.
- Employees should be judged only by their work/performance. Personal relationships should not be considered for appraisal.
- Distribution of task/job role must be neutral. Tasks should be assigned as per skill set.
- Appreciation of top performers is key to healthy work culture.
- Do not criticize the ones who have not performed well, instead ask them their issues and provide more opportunities to do better in future.
- Encourage discussions at the workplace so that they can discuss their issues among teammates/managers to reach better conclusions.
- The team leaders and managers must interact with the subordinates frequently.
- Manipulating information and data tampering must be prohibited at the workplace.
- Organization must have employee friendly policies and practical guidelines.
- Rules and regulations should be made to benefit the employees as well Employees must maintain the decorum of the organization.
- The “Hitler approach” cannot fit in the current scenario. The team leaders should be the source of inspiration for their subordinates.
- Promote team building activities to bind the employees together. Conduct training programs, workshops, seminars and presentations to upgrade the existing skills of the employees.
- Two-way communication is extremely required to maintain healthy work culture which helps employees to feel secure.
- Do not do management, do coaching. Coaches and mentors are powerful instruments of change. Great managers encourage and empower their employees to accomplish their goals in the same way a trainer does.
- A health work culture allows their employees to be creative. It encourages creative thinking as a way to brainstorm new products and services, structure workgroups and staffing, and complete individual assignments.
- Provide educational assistance to the employee, by investing in the development of its staff, a business is showing them that they are valuable.
- Must try to empower Employees. One can take feedback on their management performance from staff and then truly act on it.