A healthy company culture is one that helps your employees be their absolute best selves. Without a great culture, even the most driven individuals can fall behind because there is no reward or support for their ambition or talent. A great working culture breeds loyalty, hard work, and innovation.Â
Top talent will want one of two things: an extortionate salary, or great working culture. If you cannot pay the biggest salary, a great working culture is your next best bet, and with these tips, you can make it happen!Â
1. Set Out Clear Job DescriptionsÂ
Hiring someone and then giving them little jobs that appertain to everything under the sun is bad management. You need to have clear job descriptions and roles within your department. If you are a small company, then yes, the jobs are going to be more generic and the duties more widespread, but working out in advance who does what has its advantages. One, your employees know what to expect, but they also know who is supposed to do what and who to turn to.Â
2. Invest in Employee Development ProgramsÂ
Your employees are dynamic, and they can be so much more than their starting positions. By investing in employee development programs, you offer a great incentive to stay to those on all levels. You also benefit from encouraging a working culture that learns and betters itself, rather than just coasting.Â
3. Promote First From WithinÂ
You need to provide your employees with a future. If you have a higher-up position that you need to fill, then look to those within first. If no one on your team has what it takes and cannot learn the skills by the time you need, then hire from the outside, but do your employees the courtesy of at least looking into them as the hiring pool first.Â
4. Ensure Payroll and Benefits Go Out On TimeÂ
Nothing will sour a relationship faster than being late on payments or screwing up with admin. That is why you need a great HR team and to know the best alternatives to wire transfers that work best on large volume scales. ACH transfers, for example, are great for dealing with multiple payroll requests all at once and will ensure nothing gets delayed or held.Â
5. Give Your Employees Their Choice of BenefitsÂ
A great way to provide employees with benefits that they care about is to give them a choice. Some employees might prioritize flextime to more costly gym memberships, for example. Others might want to be able to take their birthday off, and so on. Start by polling your employees on the benefits they want to see in the workplace and create a list of options from there. Your employees can then select however many benefits you think you can prefer based on their own needs.Â
6. Encourage a Healthy Work/Life Balance
Last but not least, encourage a healthy work/life balance. Sponsor bike to work programs, encourage employees to meet up outside of work, offer child support options, and so much more. Be aware of how you can help your employees succeed personally and professionally and they will be loyal to you for decades.Â
