Being happy at work may seem counterintuitive for some people, but it is possible. While business tasks can be tedious and difficult, when a culture of positivity exudes, even the most challenging projects are more bearable, even rewarding.
If you feel your current office culture doesn’t meet expectations, don’t lose hope. Whether you’ve been on the job hunt for a few months—or even a few years—shift is possible.
For example, you may find yourself in an environment lacking lightheartedness and levity. If you are a bubbly, outgoing personality with extrovert tendencies, you may seek a more demonstrative manager or teammates with whom you can feed off one another’s energy.
A culture where the overall tone, from the CEO to the front line staff is consistently serious may come across to you as humorless and deflating. You may not be happy in this environment over the long haul because being more open and sociable is fuel that motivates you to perform.
How To Initiate the Beginning of a Culture Shift
- Request a meeting with your boss with a multifaceted goal to discuss future objectives, while also airing your concern. Propose a solution, related to the energy drain the culture has on your spirits, your teammates’ attitudes and overall office productivity.
- A possible initial solution to gain culture shift traction may include asking your boss (or your boss’s boss; or even the company owner, if it’s a small organization) to employ regularly scheduled ‘walkabouts’ where he/she simply connects with the staff, on a more personal level.Follow this link for the full post (and more ‘how to’ ideas): How to Energize a Dull, Demotivating Culture.
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