{"id":7015,"date":"2019-07-31T11:15:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T15:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/?p=7015"},"modified":"2024-08-30T11:10:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:10:39","slug":"how-to-energize-your-company-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/how-to-energize-your-company-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Energize Your Company Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-7016\" src=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/connect-316638_1280-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"energize your company culture\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/connect-316638_1280-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/connect-316638_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/connect-316638_1280-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/connect-316638_1280.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>There\u2019s no easy formula for creating a positive culture because each workplace is unique. Some teams will thrive in a highly centralized environment, while others will reach new heights through delegated decision-making. Much depends on individual situations and circumstances to improve employee engagement. Our HCM partner <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.isolvedhcm.com\/what-does-it-take-to-energize-company-culture-in-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">isolved<\/a> offers this advice on how to energize your company culture.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve got time sheets to manage. Quotas to hit. Money goes in, money goes out. These metrics make your business run. But what they don\u2019t measure is what makes your company\u00a0<em>your company<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>What is it about your employees that differentiate them from anyone else in the job market? What gets them to show up every morning ready to go the extra mile?<\/p>\n<p>HR managers often talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/strategies-for-hr-managers-to-boost-engagement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">employee engagement<\/a>. But can you really engage from the top down? How can you harvest (and harness) your staff\u2019s natural energy and initiative to transform your workplace culture? It likely won\u2019t show up in a spreadsheet or a financial report.<\/p>\n<h3>Energy vs. engagement<\/h3>\n<p>An employee might be classified as \u201cengaged\u201d if they:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t complain for the sake of complaining.<\/li>\n<li>Are loyal and committed to doing good work.<\/li>\n<li>Develop positive relationships with colleagues.<\/li>\n<li>Consistently strive to be involved in company culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But an \u201cenergized\u201d employee exhibits even greater characteristics, like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Persistent innovation, even outside their own department or job title.<\/li>\n<li>Ability to garner support for their ideas and execute on them.<\/li>\n<li>Extreme accountability and forward-looking outlook on projects.<\/li>\n<li>Contributions to larger company goals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So there\u2019s a slight but noticeable difference &#8211; and it can matter a lot.<\/p>\n<h3>Empower employees to be change agents<\/h3>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/better\/lifestyle\/here-s-no-1-reason-why-employees-quit-their-jobs-ncna1020031\">No. 1 reason people leave their jobs<\/a>\u00a0is because of company culture. Not pay. Not perks. Just culture.<\/p>\n<p>That puts managers and supervisors in an awkward position. Even if they offer promotions, pay bumps or corner offices, those incentives may not be enough to keep a top-performing employee around.<\/p>\n<p>What they could be offering instead are opportunities for employees to originate their own ideas, gain the buy-in to act on them and be recognized for their initiative. In other words, foster and reward change agents \u2013 staff who constantly seek to improve operations and build stronger processes.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a few ways to accomplish just that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allow employees to pursue side projects, even if they\u2019re not totally correlated to an individual employee\u2019s role.<\/li>\n<li>Use pulse surveys\u00a0to identify staff who are already engaged and clearly want to do more.<\/li>\n<li>Crowdsource ideas\u00a0to see which ones are actionable and necessary to act on.<\/li>\n<li>Send progress reports\u00a0or status updates on initiatives employees are working on.<\/li>\n<li>Recognize and reward change agents\u00a0in a public forum, whether in person or online via an HCM software.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What arises, then, in this sort of positive atmosphere is a level of trust, communication and confidence that employees\u2019 voices are heard and that they are empowered to chase after goals of their own accord. They have the energy and momentum to confidently do their work at a high level.<\/p>\n<h3>Employee-Centric HR solutions<\/h3>\n<p>When employees know they work for a company committed to seeing them reach career milestones and personal goals, the job of an HR manager becomes less about enforcement and recordkeeping. It shifts subtly to a role in which HR can support and complement the employees\u2019 natural desires to shape the environment in which they work.<\/p>\n<p>Workers can create their own culture, innovate on their terms and contribute to the company at large without having to be told to.<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of industry-agnostic mechanisms for transforming into an employee-centric model, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Embedding an <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/what-we-offer\/human-capital-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HCM solution<\/a>\u00a0that incorporates these solutions into day-to-day company activities.<\/li>\n<li>Using points, ratings and other rewards systems\u00a0to quantify positive outcomes to sometimes less-tangible work.<\/li>\n<li>Creating contests and certifications\u00a0employees can win and earn.<\/li>\n<li>Moving more communication over to a real-time dashboard\u00a0every employee has visibility into, including live feeds, knowledge-sharing and other channels.<\/li>\n<li>Being social\u00a0with wins, objectives, projects and personal narratives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As employees feel the shift away from a top-down workplace culture, they become more autonomous and proactive. They become energized.<\/p>\n<p>You can create this same feeling within your company, as long as you have the tools and resources and you\u2019re committed to making your employees feel valued and heard.<\/p>\n<p>GTM allows you to better connect with your team members and encourage collaboration. <a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/what-we-offer\/human-capital-management\/\">Learn more about what isolved can do<\/a>\u00a0for you and your employees, then\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/hcm-and-hris-demo-request\/\">contact GTM to request a free demo<\/a>\u00a0to see it in action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0No. 1 reason people leave their jobs\u00a0is because of culture. Here&#8217;s how you can energize your company culture to keep your staff engaged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[266],"tags":[49,154,138],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-7015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consulting-services","tag-culture","tag-employee-engagement","tag-hcm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7015"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7015\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7017,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7015\/revisions\/7017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7015"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=7015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}