Workplace culture is an important feature in the profile of every organization. Not only does it define how an organization is working with its employees and treating them. But it also goes on to establish its standing among competitors and peers.
Generally, it is believed that C-suite executives and managers dictate workplace culture with their conduct. It is true that their actions or the lack of them play a pivotal role in shaping workplace culture. However, one can’t shy away from the role of HR divisions in this regard. It won’t be wrong to say that HR policies can make or break the culture of any organization.
In this blog, we are going to discuss the domains where the work of HR guys plays an effective role in dictating, steering, and projecting workplace culture.
How HR Communicate Sets the General Tone of the Entire Workplace
The way HR department communicate with employees can actually become a template for the entire workforce to interact with each other. For instance, if an HR division establishes a formal, written correspondence with employees, then everyone will eventually follow this suite.
Similarly, if the communication is more casual and in-person in nature, then it will also persuade others in the company to mold their communications on the same lines. In short, an organization can set the tone of its intra-organizational communication through the correspondence rules set in the HR.
A Non-Confrontational HR Makes for More Productive and Accommodating Workplace
Gone are the days when employees were used to complying with prison-like work rules. Things have gotten pretty flexible in the last couple of decades. If we draw a graph that relates workplace flexibility with a degree of HR’s non-confrontational behavior, then it will show us a directly proportional relation.
An HR division that frequently issues warnings and notices can’t make for a flexible and friendly workplace. Keep in mind that a threatened and intimidated workforce is not going to give you the desired results with productivity.
On the other hand, an HR department that converses with employees instead of issuing orders ensures that your workplace offers a ‘free-thinking’ work culture to employees. Establishing HR directives on feedback loops instead of commands passes on a positive vibe to the work culture.
HR’s Recruitment Operations Project an Organization’s Culture to the Outside World
In order to have a better business reputation, an organization has to demonstrate its work culture to the outside world as well. The way HR conduct its recruitment work can play a major role in that. From writing job offers to conduct initial correspondence and interviews, HR personnel are actually the living embodiments of the company’s work culture.
Recruits will take cues from their interactions with HR to form an opinion about the company’s work culture. This is the reason why rude and impolite HR personnel are never going to help you in roping in the best people out there.
Devise HR policies that are reflective of your desired work culture and can act as reinforcement for it. Contact JS Benefits Group to straighten out your HR and employee benefits issues and problems.
