Written by: Katarzyna Dorosz, Executive Contributor
Executive Contributors at Brainz Magazine are handpicked and invited to contribute because of their knowledge and valuable insight within their area of expertise.
The dream of every company is to achieve great financial results. This is often ascribed to the proper management of financial and human resources. It should be remembered that the company's organizational culture is also of great importance in achieving this goal. Without this essential know how, all goals are lost.
What is the importance of organizational culture for a company?
Organizational culture is a set of social norms and value systems, from which derives the right organizational climate. It concerns the views, beliefs and expectations that all employees share with the company’s mission. The benefits of implementing and caring for organizational culture are immense: integration of employees, a true understanding of the organization’s mission, avoidance of conflicts and the productive management of emotions.
Basic principles of good organizational culture can be identified:
1. Value system
The basis for the functioning of each company is the definition of its values. Establishing beneficial rules can ensure mutual respect, professionalism and ultimately actions that benefit the clients' interests.
2. Create a vision
The organizational Vision and Mission, along with the values described above, are the core of every company. The text expressing the company's vision should be sincere, since it will not only manage the activities of employees, but also the executives and business partners of the company.
3. Role Models
Management staff Managers should be role models for mid-level employees. Each newly hired employee should be analyzed in terms of competencies and experience to determine equitable matching to skill sets of the entire team.
4. Arrangement of the workplace
Appropriate spatial planning has a positive effect on the cooperation of employees. That is why the location of the company, interior colors office space and equipment are all practically important.
5. Savoir-vivre in electronic correspondence
Specific messages. Reaction to a message should be as prompt as possible, but accurate and informative. Business correspondence seldom forgives mistakes. For example: Employees must learn the importance of accurately checking the content and nature of correspondence before sending it to any recipient. Failure to do so can have catastrophic or unintended consequences.
6. Business savoir vivre
When it comes to greetings, the art of welcoming recognizes neither gender nor age. The key is rank and position, but not in the way most imagine. It is assumed that by protocol or convention, the person who occupies the lower position should greet the higher-up first. Let us remember that it should be the boss who extends his hand to us, and not us to him, because this higher-ranking person who has decided to extend and shake hands with a lower ranking person in the company, is saying: welcome, thank you or just let’s discuss this as equals. This also applies to meeting with a client. When starting the meeting, let the clients decide whether they wants to extend the hand in greeting or not. In social terms, there are norms of behavior that we all know well but are constantly changing: the younger welcomes the older, the man greets the woman. In business, and with different countries and cultures, social norms, mores, and cultural traditions must all be recognized and accommodated wherever possible.
7. Appropriate clothing
Savoir-vivre in business, in terms of clothing, is primarily cleanliness, neatness, elegance, intuition and simplicity. Our clothes should not show our wealth, but more our neatness and respect for people we meet. The climate engendered should be clean and fresh.
8. Workflow
Workflow is the organization of work, and the way information flows between teams. Managers distribute tasks and follow established guidelines. It is the key to the efficient functioning of any business and its breakdown will have negative effects for team and company productivity.
Conclusions
Using “savoir vivre” on a daily basis can open the way to success, promotion, a better job or establishing new business relationships. It is a win-win for companies, employees and in the last analysis people themselves.
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Katarzyna Dorosz, Executive Contributor Brainz Magazine
Katarzyna Dorosz is a leader in the field of brain performance, mental performance, and improving memory and quality of work.
She is a world-renowned expert for senior and mature individuals who also conducts research on longevity. She is also a lecturer and author of several books.
Katarzyna works with many prestigious American universities about attaining meaningful longevity in Life and how to maintain brain function.
She also supports women around the world through motivational lectures. Her attitude and stubborn pursuit of purpose show how important changes and progress in life are. She is also the author of the TV Show "The Power of Life".
During lectures, she uses the "Educational kinesiology and Emotional intelligence" and developed her own methods of exercises that provide excellent memory, concentration exercises as well as relaxation, and a set of physical exercises to improve the condition (adjusted to the age and flexibility of the body).
In business training, Katarzyna uses the popular Japanese Kaizen method, i.e. a philosophy based on changing lifestyle ‒ an endless process of improving and improving the quality of the company.
