7 Rules I Believe Every Healthy Workplace Should Live By
There are things you learn not from books or policies, but from observing how people actually behave inside organizations. One thing that continues to stand out to me is this: Culture is not created by policies alone. You can have an impressive employee handbook, conduct training after training, and put your company values on every wall—but if the everyday experience of employees tells a different story, that is the culture they will believe. For me, there are seven things that every healthy workplace should take seriously. 1. Protect the culture. Organizations sometimes hold on to people because they are talented, productive, or difficult to replace. But performance should never become an excuse for behavior that consistently damages the team. A healthy culture requires leaders to look at both what people deliver and how they affect others. 2. Reward performance, not politics. Employees notice. They notice who gets opportunities, who gets recognized, who gets promoted, and...
