Building a Strong Culture within Your Team
Building a strong culture within your team is paramount for retention and hiring. A bad hire can drag the team’s morale down while a great employee can help improve current systems and encourage growth. Having a strong, healthy company culture can also attract higher quality leads. What does it take to build a strong culture? How can you create a dynamic atmosphere for your employees? Below are three ways to build a high-quality culture within your team.
1. Clear Expectations
When employees have a clear plan for growth, they are much more likely to stay engaged in their roles. Clearly defined expectations can help you and the employee measure when standards are being met. Whether you need your employee to maintain excellent customer service in a front-facing role or need to hit a certain quota, let your employees know upfront how they can meet the job expectations and what it will take to succeed. Show them the clear path and what it will take to advance. Providing benchmarks and a roadmap to success will allow invested employees to blossom in their position.
2. Accountability
Employees want to be treated as capable adults. In order to instill this value, it is important to have accountability in place. Holding regular performance reviews and asking insightful questions can help your employee identify weak areas and perform highly in their areas of strength. When you invest in an individual employee’s growth, you are investing in the overall team. One-on-one managerial meetings with employees can help each team member take ownership and grow into more prominent roles as they show dependability and problem-solving skills. When each person is responsible for their work, there is the freedom to take ownership and even come up with new ideas for improved results.
3. Celebrate Greatness
Whether your employee has performed well in the last quarter, found a way to cut costs, or come up with a money-making idea, it is important to celebrate their wins. Things like employee appreciation strategies or bonus structures incentivize your team to go above and beyond. Employees who feel appreciated will outperform employees who are never rewarded for hard work. Complimenting your employees and giving positive feedback or recognition will help employees stay committed and build a team culture that will have current employees recruiting their friends to join them as part of the team. Celebration breeds loyalty.
Source One is here, not only for your hiring needs but also to help you maintain a retention strategy so your current employees stay on staff for the long hall. Our web resource center also makes it easy to check on details like pay, attendance, etc. before employee meetings. Let us help you make your company one of the top places to work in your area. Call our office today to speak to a staffing member