“6 Common Misconceptions About Workplace Culture That Are Hurting Your Employee Experience”is a great article written by Heidi Lynne Kurter. In her article Heidi writes that many companies underestimate the importance of creating a culture of belonging that would allow their employees to bring their authentic selves to work and it ends up damaging their employee’s experience.
Many managers think that creating a great culture is all about fun perks.
When I was reading this article, I remembered my conversation with a former colleague of mine who now works remotely. She was telling me about endless coffee hours and virtual social events that her company was promoting. However, despite all of those “fun social events”, her company’s corporate culture was, as she described it, “not very collaborative”.
Virtual social events shouldn’t be used as a substitute for real work that needs to happen in order to build a thriving remote workplace culture.
“A healthy workplace culture focuses on:
✔️ increasing a sense of belonging and a diverse environment
✔️ improving teamwork
✔️ investing in employee development
✔️ empowering employees to bring their whole selves to work
✔️ celebrating differences
✔️ having difficult conversations to bring awareness to tough topics and social issues,
✔️ consistent communication, creating a safe space for employees to feel comfortable speaking up about issues and concerns.” Forbes
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