Workplace Cultural Reviews

Workplace cultural reviews are a great tool for measuring staff engagement and assessing the current cultural climate. Cultural reviews delivered by WorkPlacePLUS allow your senior management to identify and mitigate any risks or themes that need to be addressed. This supports constructive workplace change and the improvement of workplace relationships, staff engagement, productivity, safety and performance.

 

Want to find out more about how WorkPlacePLUS facilitates cultural reviews? Let’s break it down.

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Why You Need Cultural Reviews:

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Cultural reviews can help you understand how your teams are operating and how they feel about important aspects of their work, such as teamwork, productivity, safety and overall job satisfaction. But, as a director or manager, there are other reasons why conducting a cultural review may be important. For example:

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• Legal Compliance: Under Australian legislation, like the Respect at Work Act, your business has a positive duty to prevent and eliminate sexual harassment, discrimination and other unlawful behaviours. Cultural reviews allow senior management and the board to proactively uncover any potential red flags that may need to be addressed.

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• Workplace Dynamics: If your workplace operates on a remote or hybrid basis, it can be particularly challenging to keep on top of relationships and dynamics, so cultural reviews allow you to understand what your employees are feeling and experiencing when you can’t be there to see it all the time.

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• KPI’s: Successful organisations regularly monitor a range of key performance indicators (KPI’s) to drive business performance. Good KPI’s are specific, measurable and impactful towards achieving your organisational goals. If your people are important to your business success, you should consider monitoring a range of employee-centric KPIs.

​When Do I Need A Cultural Review?

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We recommend a workplace cultural review regularly to ensure that you have a full scope of how your business or organisation is getting along. But, there are scenarios where organising a cultural review may be more necessary. For instance:

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• You’re experiencing high staff turnover

• There’s an increase in workplace complaints and absenteeism

• You’ve recently undergone a merger, major acquisition or a change in leadership

• You’ve noticed a drop in productivity

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Essentially, if your business has experienced any major changes recently, it may be the right time for a workplace cultural review to understand how your employees are feeling. This also helps to boost employee morale and satisfaction.

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How WorkPlacePLUS Supports Your Business:

 

Our team of qualified consultants are experienced in conducting cultural reviews that give constructive insights into team culture and areas for improvement. However, we tailor our approach to your organisation’s specific needs. We start by understanding your goals to ensure that our data collection reflects the themes that you want to see.

 

Our analysis and reporting are conducted in several ways, including:

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• Online Surveys: Online surveys are a practical way to canvas a large group of employees. The subject matter of thereview is tailored to your needs. For example, some clients may want to broadly gauge staff engagement, whereas others may want to solicit feedback on specific matters, such as the introduction of new systems or processes. 

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• Stay Interviews: Stay interviews are confidential 1:1 discussions designed to understand what motivates your employees to come to work each day, how they are supported in performing their roles, and how you can continue to retain them as valued members of the team.

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• Exit Interviews: Exit interviews are confidential 1:1 discussions with a staff member who is exiting the organisation, designed to encourage feedback on their experience working in your organisation and their reasons for leaving. It is also their opportunity to raise any organisational issues that contributed to them making the move.

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• Workplace Change Consultation: Employee surveys and interviews can be used to facilitate the consultation process of your change management strategy by soliciting feedback on specific workpalce matters or projects.

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• Hybrid: We can also conduct cultural reviews using a combination of approaches (i.e. online surveys and 1:1 interviews). 

 

Our cultural reviews support boards and leadership teams to identify and implement opportunities for improvement through data-driven analysis and reporting. So, you can be sure that the changes you make and the HR strategies you implement will positively impact your employees and drive your organisation’s commercial success.

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After The Review:

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After the completion of a cultural review, WorkPlacePLUS can support you in implementing recommendations and future changes. So, our support doesn’t end with the review. For example, we can help you introduce a leadership coaching program, a performance improvement program, policy updates or targeted training programs. Whatever approach is best for your business or organisation, we’ll check in to ensure that your business is developing and your workplace culture is thriving.

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A Healthy Workplace With WorkPlacePLUS:

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Take action and understand how your business is really operating behind the scenes. Your employees’ feedback is important as it gives you an insight into performance, satisfaction, team relationships and values. Monitoring your workplace culture helps you mitigate organisational risk and implement changes that truly reflect your employees' feedback, making them feel valued and improving your staff retention.

 

We’ll help you roll out a review that works for you and your business or organisation. Find out more by speaking to one of our consultants today on 03 9492 0958.