Let’s say you’re running a small business, or managing a division in your company, or really, any work that involves overseeing a group of people. Without the right motivation or a clear direction being set, you’re likely going to find the people you work with hit a collective wall at some point.
This is the time when it seems as though every person in the team seems to feel unchallenged, disengaged or stuck. They find little motivation to work, and you’ve had more than a few conversations with your staff about them thinking of quitting.
Don’t panic, though, because the truth is, this is normal. However, it does teach us one important thing – that workplace morale plays a huge part in driving people towards achieving shared goals and having them enjoy a more fulfilling work life.
Give Meaning to the ‘Larger Self’
Without workplace morale, any kind of group falls apart. Notice how students have a hard time achieving in toxic classroom environments or how sports teams fail when the chemistry isn’t right? As people, we crave to be part of something larger than ourselves, to feel like we belong to a community and that we can continually and meaningfully contribute to its success.
So how do you develop team morale? By building a positive company culture.
Company culture is the basis of all teamwork within a group. It encompasses the values that everyone in the group returns to when they run out of strength. This is why developing a positive company culture is essential. Through company culture, you can strengthen the mission and vision of your group. With company culture, people know what kinds of principles to emulate, because it starts with the company itself.
What Makes a Positive Company Culture?
For starters, your company culture must be one that lifts each other up. You need to be able to celebrate each others’ successes, and not view it as competition, where members are pitted against each other to see who gets the distinction of being the best. Companies need to develop cultures that remind people that when one wins, everyone wins. Yes, competition is important in developing a company’s strengths, but that competition should never manifest as employees trying to outdo each other.
Instead, companies need to instill in their people that everyone has something to contribute to each success that the team achieves.
Apart from this, good company culture is one that gets people excited to work. High-energy people who aim big are always the colleagues and bosses you remember, and that’s why companies need to start being the same.
If you’ve ever been invited to an after-work gaming night, or if your co-worker gave you a brief high five for something good you did, you know that it’s these little things that stick with you. So why not make this a habit for not just a few people, but everybody?
When you start instilling company values that show people that work is fun, and that work is something we all do together, there’s nothing that can stop your team from achieving more than what it expects from itself.
Sure, there will still be walls. But a positive company culture makes those walls thinner and more manageable. It’s easier to break down walls when you’re all pushing against it. And it’s easier to push against walls when everyone wants to do it together.
To your success,
Mario
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