Beyond the Policies: The Secrets to Thriving Corporate Cultures with Pivot HR

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Is your Vancouver business struggling with rapid turnover rates and retaining key employees? Are your employees underperforming, disengaged, and appear unhappy overall at work? Are you seeing this behaviour in your employees and are unsure how to fix it? If yes, your business is likely in severe need of a corporate culture overhaul.

Keep reading to learn how a Pivot HR Consultant can help your Vancouver business by improving company culture and retention rate.

Understanding Organizational Culture

Simply put, your culture is your brand. Organizational culture can be defined as the holistic combination of a company’s core values, beliefs, guidelines, policies and practices. A strong culture is one that holistically feels happy, there is a positive energy, your staff enjoy coming to work,

The data doesn’t lie; studies have shown that businesses with a strong company culture have higher productivity rates, creative thinking and collaboration. Organizational culture must be prioritized to be a successful business that retains happy and hard-working employees.

What is quiet quitting?

Quiet quitting is a form of passive absenteeism in response to poor corporate culture. In the post-pandemic world, employees are no longer willing to go above and beyond for a business that won’t do the same in return.

They clock in, do the bare minimum to complete their job, and clock out. Their passive behaviour looks like staying silent in meetings, avoiding additional responsibilities, refusing to work overtime, and more.

Critical Questions for Determining the Quality of Corporate Culture

Employee Dynamics

  • How does the staff get along with each other?
  • Is the office set up in a way that encourages cross-department communication?
  • How does leadership foster positive working relationships between employees and management?

Workplace Practices

  • What policies and practices does your organization have to foster trust, accountability and mutual respect?
  • How does the organization define workplace bullying & harassment; is that in the handbook?

Psychological Safety

  • How do your employees feel when they come to work?
  • Do they feel safe and comfortable speaking to leadership if an issue arises? How are those issues addressed?

Work/Life Balance

  • Is their workload achievable within the 40-hour work week?
  • Can your employees leave work behind at the office and enjoy their personal lives?
  • How often does management check in with their team? Weekly, monthly, semi-annually?

Job Satisfaction

  • How satisfied are your employees with their jobs? Are their responsibilities in line with their role?
  • How frequently are performance reviews conducted?
  • What benefits and reward systems are in place to acknowledge a job well done?

Leadership Plays a Pivotal Role in Culture

Exceptional corporate culture stems from the top down. Organizations can talk the talk and constantly reiterate these values, but if your leadership isn’t representing the culture, it’s not going to stick. It all boils down to accountability: is leadership held to the same standards?

Contact Pivot HR

It’s not too late to reverse the damage and turn over a new leaf for your company culture, and Pivot HR is here to help. We offer HR consulting services for businesses in Vancouver and across Canada.

Contact Pivot HR for a free consultation today.

What Our Clients say about us

“Robin and Mia were both exceptionally professional and responsive and understood our needs. Their work was of great quality. We are a small non-profit organization and we found them very easy and wonderful to work with. Great value and highly recommend.”

~ Joy Masuhara , Co-Chair Women Transforming Cities International Society

“Cindy is a remarkable professional coach, who goes well beyond expectations in supporting her clients’ development. She knows how to ask the right questions and uncover the real and deep issues that contribute to the limitations we put on ourselves. This type of personal exploration is tough work to do alone and remain committed to necessary change. Cindy’s approach and support made this process one of the most impactful experiences of my life, professionally and personally.”

~ Monique Cotton, Firm Administrator, JFK Law Corporation

“As a medium size business with over 100 employees working in very different areas of our operation, Pivot was able to quickly understand our HR needs and offer practical solutions. Robin and the Pivot team worked closely with our Leadership group to implement effective turnkey solutions on time and on budget. We will continue to use Pivot for our ongoing HR needs and would highly recommend their services.”

~ Adam Zubek, General Manager, Point Grey Golf & Country Club

Pivot HR Services provides personalized solutions for our organization’s human resources needs. By engaging their services, we have been able to successfully outsource our HR function, as the Pivot team has demonstrated their ability to understand the HR priorities of our workplace culture and industry.

~ Areef Abraham, Chief Executive Officer Community Power

“Robin developed our employee policy manual with the goal of engaging and retaining our current staff as well as attracting new ones in this highly competitive marketplace. Her in depth knowledge of current legislation and HR policies proved to be of significant benefit. I would highly recommend Robin and the team at Pivot HR Services.”

~ Christopher Soles, President, Nextgen Technologies Ltd.

“Robin has been and continues to be an outstanding resource for our organization to navigate HR issues as we grow. She always approaches problems with professionalism and a keen eye for our best interest. I’d certainly recommend Robin to anyone looking to elevate their HR processes.”

~ Karim Abraham, CEO, Kambo Energy Solutions

“Our firm turned to Robin for advice and guidance at a time when we faced a period of serious difficulty in managing our human resources. She assisted us through the process of putting our relationship with our staff on a stronger, more stable footing and helped us implement a complete overhaul of our human resources policies. We could not be more pleased with the work she has done and continues to do with us.”

~ Robert Janes, QC, Managing Principal JFK Law Corporation

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