Employee engagement is discussed and built into operational strategy pretty consistently these days. It’s easy to throw a bunch of numbers and ideas at a work environment as a blanket solution to under-enthused staff. But what if the onus lies with you? If we, as individuals, can adopt and put into effect strategies to improve our sense of worth on the job, then everyone benefits. Workplace happiness leads to increased productivity, performance and loyalty. It decreases stress and creates harmonious communication. Basically it’s a win/win for everyone involved.

When studying the overall culture of a company, and how culture can affect the organization’s bottom line, it’s crucial to understand that many issues arise from the leadership level, and your leadership needs to understand this as well. We take a pretty scientific approach to employee engagement, and understanding it’s role in creating better culture, and improving profit margins. To do so, we break down every organization into five categories, including leadership.

Time and again we hear people asking about how to create company culture within remote environments. A strong workplace culture has been identified as the top precursor to increased employee engagement. We need it, and companies are spending a lot of time and money trying to achieve success in this area.

Many people look at organizational culture as the glue that creates strong bonds within a given workplace.

Diversity is a hot topic these days, it seems like everywhere you look issues of race, culture and equality are popping up. Yet the numbers tell a different story. In corporate America, most offices are populated by white males with very little resources allocated to hiring people of color or women. Harvard Business Review reports that diverse hiring practices have only increased less than 5% in the last 20 years.

The statistics are in and the results are shocking. 87% of employees feel disconnected and unhappy at work. Forbes magazine details that unhappy employees outnumber happy ones by two to one, worldwide.

Establishing trust should be a highly prioritized function of any team working today. Collaborative effort is a challenging task that takes continual fostering of respect and boundaries.

Defining your boundaries ultimately makes life easier. Nowhere does this hold more power than in the workplace.

A successful business is one where you are able to see and feel progress. An environment where efforts are collaborative and goals are achieved regularly. In today’s startup culture, many companies exert maximum effort to simply stay afloat. If performance has taken a downward turn, perhaps profound change is necessary.

Company culture is a hot topic these days, with every office starting to understand that workplace happiness boosts engagement. But many work environments often separate their ideas of culture with their strategy missives. What would happen if the two were combined?