Is Your Company Culture an Organizational Team?
Everyone wants to know that they matter—at home, at work, or even as a member of a community sports league. People want to know that their contributions are recognized by others, and they want to know that their efforts have made a difference. They mattered. No, they don’t have to score the winning run during the local community softball tournament, but they do want to know they were a part of the winning process.
In your organization are you developing a company culture where people feel a part of the organizational team? Leaders who build successful organizational cultures start by making certain that all of their employees are a part of a corporate culture supporting clearly defined corporate values. In other words, they hire people who are in alignment with the corporate values and then, secondly, that the implementation process used to reach the stated goals is embraced by the corporate culture.
A healthy and productive company culture focuses on achievement and affiliation. The employees work together to achieve meaningful results, and in doing so, they build strong, supportive relationships. There is a sense of connectedness in a healthy company culture. Leaders develop a sense of teamwork, with each individual employee understanding how he or she contributes to the success of the whole. In fact, they develop an organizational team.
Company culture is a buzz phrase in today’s business communities, and for good reason. Employees come to work for more than a paycheck. The most productive employees are interested in making a difference through what they do at work, and they strive for a future that is brighter than their past. When building a strong cohesive company culture, a CEO might find it easier to pay attention to the collective goals of the organization and forget to highlight the contributions—no matter how small—of each individual employee.
Yet each employee has the potential to add value to the work products if the leadership is sensitive to building a winning team and makes the effort to know the individual employees. Each player on a team contributes to the final results. How are your employees contributing to the success of your company? Do you know, or is it time to engage in some conversations? It’s never too late to build relationships that embrace honest communication, respect, and trust. The results will be a more productive, happier staff who feel a sense of belonging to an organizational team and enjoy more work satisfaction. The will be part of a highly productive and healthy company culture.
