A positive workplace is more successful over time because it increases positive emotions and well-being. This, in turn, improves people’s relationships with each other and amplifies their abilities and their creativity.
Qualities of a positive workplace culture boils down to six essential characteristics:
⦁ Caring for, being interested in, and maintaining responsibility for colleagues as friends.
⦁ Treating one another with respect, gratitude, trust, and integrity.
⦁ Emphasizing the meaningfulness of the work.
⦁ Providing support for one another, including offering kindness and compassion when others are struggling.
⦁ Avoiding blame and forgive mistakes.
⦁ Inspiring one another at work.
It buffers against negative experiences such as stress, thus improving employees’ ability to bounce back from challenges and difficulties while bolstering their health. And, it attracts employees, making them more loyal to the leader and to the organization as well as bringing out their best strengths.
When organizations develop positive, virtuous principles they achieve significantly higher levels of organizational effectiveness — including financial performance, customer satisfaction, productivity, and employee engagement.
