Maintaining a positive environment is not only the responsibility of the workers but also the company’s, and its leaders are the ones who must suggest different initiatives and actions to achieve a pleasant climate.
Managing to create a good work environment can bring many benefits like:
- Reducing stress
- Encouraging the creation of ideas
- Improving dialogue
- Improving worker punctuality
- Creating greater personal satisfaction
- Creating a positive attitude at work
- Facilitating the adaptation of new workers
- Increasing trust between colleagues
- Increasing the level of commitment
- Increasing productivity
To earn these benefits, here are 7 tips to obtain a positive environment in your workplace.
1) Recognize achievements
Instead of focusing on motivational incentives, you should set a clearly defined range of goals, and later, when those objectives are met, celebrate a job well done.
Recognizing the workers achievements helps create a positive work environment and encourages them to excel at their tasks.
2) Give autonomy
Part of building a good work environment is learning to trust that workers will use their active hours to achieve their objectives based on what the organization needs. By creating a strong sense of autonomy, employees will feel more empowered and motivated.
3) Workplace Flexibility
Many organizations today have flexible work strategies that give the employees the option to do their job from wherever they need to be at a specific time. This lends them the possibility to spend their time doing tasks instead of moving from one place to another, while also allowing them to balance their professional and personal lives
4) Create a supportive environment
The manager or leader must show real concern for the worker in general, not only for their performance at work. A supportive environment reinforces the relationship of trust between the manager and the employee.
When department heads openly respect workers, they not only achieve a high level of performance, but stay with the organization longer.
5) Transparency
When looking at how to improve the work environment among colleagues, the best thing to do is show them when there are good and bad results, this is for them to be up to date on the situation of the organization.
Generating a climate where there is communication will make the workers feel more involved and help them have a common goal with the company.
6) Respect and equality
The values of the organization must be based on respect. For this reason, it is best to have an equality plan, where it is made clear that all workers are at the same level to avoid disrespectful behavior. Doing this is fundamental to sustaining good relations between workers.
7) Create a healthy competition
With a healthy competition, you will teach workers that their efforts will be rewarded. One of the measures to generate it can be a system of benefits, where those who obtain the best results will get a prize at the end of the month. These incentives can be very different, from an economic bonus at the end of the month, to one more day of vacation.
With these steps, any company can achieve a healthy work environment with motivated and cooperative employees who can aspire to a high level of productivity. The same applies for the relationships between employees and bosses, with the creation of a bond of mutual respect and collaboration.
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Entrepreneur. "Want to ensure a positive work environment? Follow these key tips".
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/306234
Instituto Europeo de Psicología Positiva. “Cómo generar un buen ambiente laboral”.
https://www.iepp.es/generar-buen-ambiente-laboral/