“How is your workplace culture?”
Creating a healthy workplace culture. It is a topic that all companies are paying increased attention to these days. And because there is no set formula to create great culture, it can be a real headache for HR teams and business owners.
While workplace culture is difficult to create, it is also quite easy to let it sour too. For this reason, it is very important to catch the early warning signs before it leads to loss of top talent and business performance.
5 early warning signs your culture is stalling
✅ 1. High dropout rate
Turnover rates are the most easily identifiable organisational culture red flag data. There are many reasons why people leave, but basically, a high turnover rate is the most honest sign that workplace culture is breaking down.
Rather than thinking that ‘turnover is a natural phenomenon’, it is necessary to face the reality through accurate data on what the actual resignation rate is and how many months the average tenure is.
✅ 2. Micromanagement
Micromanagement means that a company or leader concentrates on monitoring and checking every move of its workers in real time rather than presenting the big picture such as objectives, goals or directions.
The deeper the micromanagement, the lower the sense of responsibility and purpose of the employee. Since autonomy is the basis for innovation, efforts should be made to maintain a high level of organisational freedom instead of micromanagement.
✅ 3. Excessive competition
Healthy competition helps productivity, facilitates development and drives workers to reach their potential. But what if it goes too far? Excessive competition undermines teamwork and makes selfishness prevalent. Make sure competition remains healthy by keeping it aligned with the common goals and objectives of the business.
✅ 4. Silence
You should be most wary of the state where there is no sound at all. No company can be perfect. Therefore, the members of the company constantly talk about unsatisfactory parts, and the company must listen carefully to it and continuously improve and develop it to create a healthy organization.
But are the members silent? The reason is simple. This is because of the anxiety that their honest feedback will not be respected in the current workplace culture. If you do not hear uncomfortable voices at any moment, you should be suspicious of whether the members are not feeling secure in the current workplace culture.
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Read more✅ 5. Weakened team cohesion
Can you see team silos forming, and even individual employees doing their own thing? As the workplace culture begins to stall, employees lose the motivation to network and instead concentrate on their own work.
True teamwork is realised when mutual trust is the foundation. How about creating a forum where members can share appropriate recognition and feedback so that they can build trust with each other?
