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Reimagine Your Company Culture
Scott Humphrey challenged us to consider and apply three words to our year – Reset, Reconnect, and Renew. There’s another word that I’d like you to consider – Reimagine.
The pandemic has undoubtedly had a profound impact on people and businesses, with many now considering what they want from work and life. We are all rethinking everything. This pandemic has fueled the “Great Reshuffle” or the “Great Resignation” as some call it, as people rethink where they work, how they work, and, importantly, why they work. It has created an environment where people are looking for opportunities that give them more purpose, more flexibility, and more empathy. And this tightening labor market will continue to put employees in the driver’s seat. The past years have presented new challenges for business leaders, but they have also presented opportunities.
LinkedIn’s 10th annual Global Talent Trends Report identified culture as one of the essential elements’ organizations should embrace to attract, retain, and grow talent in the upcoming year. While the pandemic is playing a big part in the reinvention of company culture, the rise of millennials and Gen Z is also reshaping the workplace.
Culture is the heartbeat and personality of a company. A good company culture leads to higher productivity, better morale, higher sales and creativity, and low turnover. Culture is not a new idea, but companies have to fine-tune — or reimagine — their culture in this tight, competitive job market to meet the expectations of professionals to be seen as human beings first.
And the good news is that it doesn’t require a large budget, just a shift in minds.
Employee Engagement and the Changing Workplace
For the first time in more than a decade, Gallup’s annual workplace engagement study found that the overall engagement rate in the U.S. fell in 2021. This is because the demands and desires of today’s employees have changed. People are looking for more than just a paycheck. They want purpose and meaning from their work. They want to be known for what makes them unique. And they want relationships, particularly with a manager who can coach them to the next level.
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