Workplace culture remains a critical method for firms to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Here are 14 top tips to help leaders build a great workplace culture.

2. 14 Ways Leaders Can Build a Great Workplace
Culture

3. Top Tips for Leaders
Workplace culture remains
a critical method for firms to
differentiate themselves
from their competitors.
Every employee wants to
enjoy their work, to feel
motivated on a Monday
morning and feel that their
contribution in the
workplace is valued.

4. Leadership teams should….
Be open to feedback and in fact, seek it out. The smallest
actions will have an effect on employees at all levels, and we
should be actively finding out how our actions affect others.

5. Leadership teams should….
If feedback has been received and understood,
then don’t file it, act on it.

6. Leadership teams should….
Communicate, communicate,
communicate!
Regardless of whether you think
your actions will impact employees
or not, give them the opportunity to
feed into your thinking.
For an employee, there’s nothing
worse than being kept in the dark.

7. Leadership teams should….
Recognise that company culture
defines the values of the
organisation.
Why is this important? Because
values determine how employees
behave.

8. Leadership teams should….
Won a contract?
Taken on board a new hire?
Met targets?
Celebrate!

9. Leadership teams should….
Use the company culture
as a method of telling the
company narrative.
Sell your vision to new
and existing employees.

10. Leadership teams should….
Recognise that culture is crucial to employee retention.
Employees will leave companies with a toxic workplace culture.
Engage with your employees, stay open and honest, and watch
them thrive.

11. Leadership teams should….
Think others won’t be aware of your culture? Think again.
Whether it be partners, consumers, stakeholders, or board
members, your culture will determine your interactions with them.

12. Leadership teams should….
Take your employees career growth
seriously. Take the time to find out what
and how they want to learn.
Employee development does not
necessarily mean breaking the bank; a
medium size enterprise will have
individuals with myriad skill-sets. Use other
employees for internal training and
development.

13. Leadership teams should….
Culture cannot be replicated.
Your culture will be unique to
you.
Build a fantastic culture and
use it as a differentiator from
your competitors.

14. Leadership teams should….
Own it.
The culture is yours to cherish
and nourish, and the manner
in which you look after it will
determine what it looks and
feels like.

15. Leadership teams should….
Cultures can be changed, but
slowly and over time.
Everything from employees,
employee pay and benefits, dress
code, systems, processes, values,
office layout and more will affect the
culture, so consider any changes
before they are made.

16. Leadership teams should….
Consider the past, but remember
the future is more important.
What you have done in the past will
act as an indicator to the way things
may be in the future, but you have
the power to change this – for better
or worse.

17. Leadership teams should….
Physical culture is important also. What does your office look
like? Does it have a kitchen? A gym? What colour is it? What
way do the desks face? Everything in your office will have an
impact on the culture.

18. There are many attributes that make up a company culture, and
the above makes up the 14 we think stand out.
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