POSITIVE WORK ENVIRONMENT

Creating an Healthy, Efficient and Positive Work Environment

Remember that a healthy, efficient and positive work environment is a big part of the organizational culture, and like I said, can have a big bearing on it’s ability to attract the right kind of talent, and the top human resource.

An entrepreneur’s big responsibility is to create, develop and nurture the right kind of working environment for everyone to function in the organization.

A part from the responsibilities that come with a job, perhaps the single most important thing that influences employee motivation and happiness, and how productive and efficient they are, is their working environment.

Ways to Create a Healthy, Efficient and Positive Work Environment

1. Build Trust
2. Communicate positively and openly
3. Expect The Best From Your Staff
4. Create Teams and Nurture Team Spirit
5. Empower Employees
6. Recognition and Appreciation
7. Give Credit and Take Responsibility
8. Be Approachable
9. Provide a Positive Physical Working Environment
10. Make Staff Evaluations a Positive Experience
11. Don’t Leave Out Fun! 
12. Offer Rewards and Bonuses

Encourage Trust  

If you want to nurture a positive work environment then trust should be the foundation of your work space. Never discuss an employee with another employee unless you are highlighting his or her accomplishments. Here’s something else to consider: Employees who know they can trust their supervisor or manager to be discreet will be loyal. More than likely, they will thrive in their environment as a result, too.

Communicate positively and openly

This may seem obvious, but it’s not: Listening to what coworkers have to say shows them that you respect them. Being open with staff and asking them to share ideas can assist you in creating a positive work environment. Managers should not only contribute their own ideas, but also ask employees for feedback. This will ensure that employees know that the company not only welcomes, but encourages open communication.

Expect The Best From Your Staff

Maintaining high expectations and extending constructive criticism (or positive reinforcement) will encourage employees to rise to the occasion. This, too, should go without saying, but micromanagement, hyper-criticism or apathy only damage self-esteem and productivity.

Create Teams and Nurture Team Spirit

Unity among st coworkers allows everyone in the team to feel as if they belong and are valued. Staff will want to come to work each day and tardiness and absenteeism, generally speaking, will become issues of the past. We’re not asking you to do the “trust fall” or anything, but team spirit and creating a positive work environment does begin with reinforcing to each staff member that the role they play at work is significant.

Empower Employees

Empower employees or the people in your team to make decisions and plan their work. The idea here is to give as much freedom to employees as possible so as to empower them to work how they want to. People like a certain amount of freedom, and work is certainly no exception. When you empower employees, you’re telling them that you trust them to get the job done. You tell them that every employee in the organization has an important and essential part to play in the business’s growth. This nurtures a positive working environment.

Recognition and Appreciation

Whenever you witness staff doing great things for the company, make sure others are aware of it. Recognition doesn’t have to be elaborate. Something as simple as a thank you will go a long way.

Offer Credit and Take Responsibility

When things go well at your organization, always extend credit to your staff. And when things don’t go well, assume responsibility. It is unproductive, not to mention a morale killer, when employees are not given proper acknowledgment. Worse than that, though, is scapegoating your employees when things go wrong. Do this and be prepared for a mutiny or insidious sabotage.

Be Approachable

Creating a positive work environment begins by having an “open-door” policy. This will ensure that employees from all levels of the organization understand that they can come to you with any work issue. Closed office doors create barriers and reinforce hierarchy. Here’s something else you might try: When you arrive at work, stop by each employee’s space to say hello or good morning. Small things—positive body language and eye contact—go a long way. 

Provide a Positive Physical Working Environment

A positive physical working environment is as important as anything when it comes to creating a positive overall work environment. It can have a large bearing on the attitude and productivity of employees, and hence on their ability to work well. Things such as ambient temperature, the quality of lighting, personal space, noise levels, the quality of the air, the furniture and fittings, and so on can influence the overall work environment in a big way.

Make Staff Evaluations a Positive Experience

Staff evaluations are a great opportunity to offer praise to employees for doing an excellent job. When going over where the employee may need further development, the meeting can still be made positive by focusing on what they are doing right instead of only what they are doing wrong.

Don’t Leave Out Fun!

Creating a positive work environment can begin by welcoming celebrations. Acknowledging an employee’s birthday is a great example of this. While you don’t have to have a cake, balloons and a catered buffet, a small token or just singing happy birthday or putting up a sign in the office is a sure way to make staff feel appreciated.

Offer Rewards and Bonuses

performance-related rewards. Positive reinforcement is a powerful tool that should not be underestimated. It shows that you care about your employees, boosts morale, and encourages them to do better. It helps create a competitive environment within the office. Acknowledge hard-work. Eemployees will feel good when they will be rewarded for their efforts.

When it comes to managing your employees, one of the most important things you can do for them involves setting the right tone at work.  We’ve all heard some of the horror stories about terrible jobs or bad managers, and the one thing each of these stories has in common was the negative workplace environment.

An employee’s motivation to work is heavily influenced by his or her environment. You want your employees to respect you—not fear you. Creating a positive work environment will yield far better results for your employees and your company.

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