Gartner's recent survey reveals that HR leaders face challenges in maintaining employees' connection to organizational culture in a hybrid work environment, with only 25% of hybrid/remote knowledge workers feeling connected to their organization's culture. The pandemic has shifted the workplace cultural experience, necessitating a focus on both culture alignment and culture connectedness for organizational success. To drive cultural connection, organizations should diffuse culture through work, prioritize emotional proximity over physical proximity, and optimize micro-based experiences within teams. This intentional approach can increase employee performance by up to 37% and retention by up to 36%. Click here for article.
Key Strategies for Driving Cultural Connection:
Diffuse Culture Through Work: Shift focus from the office to the work itself, enabling employees to feel connected to the culture through their daily tasks and projects.
Prioritize Emotional Proximity: Identify moments where employees feel valued and recognized, fostering emotional connections to the culture, even in a remote environment.
Optimize Micro-Based Experiences: Cultivate vibrant and healthy microcultures within teams, encouraging stronger connections and collaboration among team members.
Embrace Flexibility: Provide employees with flexibility in where, when, and how they work, as increased flexibility correlates with higher culture connectedness, ultimately benefiting employee performance and retention.
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