Choose the right guiding philosophy for your business…
Changing the health of your business cannot be done overnight, but if you wait for the ‘right time’, then the change will never come.
Time pressures, staff shortages, cash flow, customers, meetings, team problems – these are all reasons you might fall back on to avoid investing the time and effort to change the health of your workplace culture…
BUT, these are actually all the reasons why you should make that investment of time and effort!
Gallup describe the journey to full employee engagement in your healthy workplace culture as a marathon, not a sprint, and they also signpost what must be done to achieve this level of engagement.
Credence must be given to their research when you consider that they surveyed more than 82,000 teams, over 1.8 million employees in 230 businesses, across 49 sectors in 73 countries.
What their research showed was that engaged employees produce better business outcomes than other employees, across industries, business size and countries, in good times and bad. Engaged teams have:
- 21% higher profitability
- 40% fewer quality defects
- 10% high customer ratings
When you invest in a healthy workplace culture, it means a healthy business. A healthy business means greater profits, less hassle, happier customers and an engaged team.
BrewDog got this wrong, but many businesses get it right, and you could be one of them.
The restaurant chain Leon got it right, with great results for them, their team and the growth of their business. What can we learn from them?
