Listicle: 21 Ways to Create an Amazing Work Culture Thursday 25 October 2018 Share Share to LinkedIn Share to Facebook Share via email Enlightened tips from the CMI/Glassdoor top 20 Our top 20 companies from Leadership and Culture at Work: the CMI/Glassdoor Top 20 have shown us how to emulate their successful employee engagement tactics in 21 easy steps. Read on for thoughtful induction practices; social activities and benefits that could see your organisation rated just as highly. Award-winning Workplace Cultures Apply These 21 Rules 1. Allow team members to finish work for the year once they hit their annual financial target 2. Put a ‘Please disturb’ sign on your office door to encourage people to come and talk to you 3. Give employees time off to volunteer and support causes they care about 4. Include employee wellbeing as an item on the board’s agenda 5. Hire specifically for attitude, energy and evidence of self-motivation 6. Let staff set their own working hours 7. Before you hire them, get new recruits to come in and spend time with their future colleagues 8. Have regular interviews with new starters to assess their progress 9. Make sure managers visit local, regional and international offices regularly 10. Make sure a senior leader spends half a day with every new recruit, educating them about the bigger picture at the organisation 11. Encourage long service 12. Enable your people to work their way through the ranks to management. Promote from within 13. Open up channels so that team members can communicate directly with the CEO or directors 14. Put your people through leadership training – and mix up the participants so they get to know other team members while they’re developing 15. Provide financial support or loans for new parents, first-time buyers or employees saving for a special holiday 16. Take the team on a ‘teamcation’ trip 17. Close the office early on a Friday 18. Apply a ‘Harvest Festival rule’ that no-one should miss an important family event 19. Test your people on their understanding of your values 20. Have incentivised referral schemes to encourage people to put new candidates forward 21. Encourage your people to ‘add a bit of you in everything you do’ Like this article? Why not share it. Share to LinkedIn Share to Facebook Share via email Topic: Top trends for independent consultants in 2026 AI and cost pressures are pushing organisations to solve more problems internally – which presents a challenge to consultants Read article Article Topic: Neurodiversity “Neurodiversity is not a taboo subject” John Harle CMgr FCMI shares how his ADHD diagnosis has helped him understand himself – and shaped his leadership Read article Article Topic: Flexibility Employers must better support carers and parents of SEND children Too few organisations have cultures that recognise the complexity of modern caregiving, writes Sarah Gardner BEM CMgr FCMI Read article Article Topic: Is ‘functional fixedness’ impeding your leadership decision-making? Instead of forcing creativity, recognise when the structure itself is limiting new ideas, writes Barbara Salopek Read article Article Listicle Looking for top tips, checklists or listed ways to help you along with your management and leadership journey? You can find these here with practical tools and tips to help you to become a better manager Members See More CMI Members have access to thousands of online learning and CPD resources. Learn more about our membership benefits Join The Community CMI offers a variety of flexible membership solutions, tailored to your needs. Find out more and get involved in the CMI community today.
