2 Keys to a Successful Corporate Culture
Get the right people and give them the right tools to develop and maintain a culture of trust and ethical behavior.
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When it comes to employee behavior, there are some things you just can’t control. So if you want to build a corporate culture that discourages employee misconduct and encourages trust, you had better control the things you can.You can start by encouraging trust in the workplace, says HR blogger Lance Haun, who is also Community Director for ERE Media and Contributing Editor for TLNT.com. If you can foster trust in the workplace, you have the ability to discourage some of the misconduct, he says.One thing you can control is your management team and how well they’re communicating with staff. “You’re trusting people to do the right thing. You’re enabling them with the right tools,” says Haun.“The second part of that is the coworkers,” says Haun. He stresses the benefits of a group mentality, in which everyone has the same ethical mindset. “It’s about hiring good people to work alongside your employees,” he says.Providing the Right ToolsGiving people the right tools to communicate with one another is a critical part of building the kind of collaboration and trust needed for an ethical corporate culture.
