{"id":834,"date":"2021-11-22T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.erjjiostudios.com\/justone\/?p=834"},"modified":"2023-02-14T17:18:21","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T17:18:21","slug":"how-to-own-and-embed-a-positive-work-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.erjjiostudios.com\/justone\/post\/how-to-own-and-embed-a-positive-work-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"How to own and embed a positive work culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Respect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Integrity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do these values look familiar? Maybe they are similar to your company values; the ones your business has somewhere on your website. Maybe they help frame a company e-mail every now and again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Actually those were Enron\u2019s<\/u><\/a> values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We could play the same game with Purpose, Vision, and Mission statements that are equally likely to live on a website and in reports, but not really lived as part of work culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026so can work culture be defined by organisational principles such as these, or is something else needed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trick question. The answer, as we see it, is yes and yes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is imperative that an organisation has these principles to act as guiding lights. Call them North Star statements for behaviour. However, the way they are arrived at and articulated is crucial to them being authentic and truly felt by employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In addition, it is not enough to simply have them, they need to be embedded in the day-to-day. As we go through our working day we need principles to help our decision making, inform our interactions, guide our behaviour, and appeal to our sense of intent and meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re reading this, you likely don\u2019t need to be convinced of the business benefits of a positive work culture. You don\u2019t need me to reel off stats relating to positive effects on productivity, customer satisfaction, innovation, retention, talent attraction, and endless others. You understand that a good work culture can help put you on the path to creating a favourable operating environment in which you, your colleagues, and your business can flourish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At JustOne, we believe a good work culture is an ongoing exercise in active curation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aligned to our purpose \u2018to spark positive change\u2019, we believe that good work culture should be owned by the business by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n