Home topics workplace hr-and-staff Advice Staff Advice Is your office culture a drag on productivity? Megan Webb-Morgan April 23, 2013 Your office culture can have a huge impact on the success of your business. Here’s how to make your work environment work for you and your business. Your company culture – its philosophy, values, behavior, dress codes, and unique style and policies as a company – governs how each person works, makes decisions, and behaves within your office on a daily basis. This culture can be either a benefit to your business or a detriment to its success. Does your company culture, and the ways that your current employees express that culture, function as an obstacle to your workplace’s productivity ? Defining Your Culture Your office culture is defined, in part, by your company’s mission, goals, and values – the type of work you do, how you do it, how the organisation is structured, etc. What do you do best? What is your mission? What kind of people are you recruiting to join your company ? Why do they want to work for you? Once you have determined what you want your office culture to look like, compare that image to the reality. Take an honest assessment of your culture by way of interviews, anonymous surveys, and research. Are your employees living and working according to your company’s mission and goals? Effects of Poor Office Culture Nearly 29 percent of company time is unproductive – the equivalent of 33.5 days