Free food, discounted gym memberships and beer taps don’t make a culture.

A healthy workplace culture focuses on:

• creating a sense of belonging and a diverse environment
• improving teamwork
• investing in employee development
• empowering employees to bring the...

The biggest misconception is that the HR department is in charge of creating and maintaining the workplace culture. While HR plays a significant role, it’s the responsibility of everyone to keep it going. Leadership especially plays a major role in influencing and inspiring others to buy-in. Empl...

Creating a culture without involving your employees is just as bad as winging it and hoping it turns out okay. Culture cannot be created artificially and it doesn’t happen overnight. It requires consistent attention, nurturing and evaluation. More importantly, employees need to be included in the...

The simple act of recognizing and showing appreciation to your workers goes a long way. When employees are appreciated, their happiness at work increases and they’re much more likely to go above and beyond for their employer.

Employers often shy away from celebrating employee wins and miles...

Building a strong and healthy workplace culture takes time, consistent action, a commitment to communication, transparency, and buy-in from everyone at all layers of the organization. Many organizations believe having a mission, vision and value statement will bring their culture to life. Thus, t...

Workplace culture needs to be prioritized from the very beginning and worked on every single day. It’s not exclusive to a select few individuals or departments rather to everyone from contract workers, hourly, full-time, entry-level, board members and even the C-suite. Toxic or healthy, a culture...

Fear-based cultures are more common than one may think.

In a fear-based environment:

• Mistakes are punished and good deeds go unnoticed
• Employees live in fear of whether or not they’ll have a job tomorrow
• Rumours are more credible than what’s communicated by leader...