DO YOU KNOW WHETHER YOUR CULTURE HAS WHAT IT TAKES?
Understanding how your employees feel about their workplace environment can make the difference between workers that just go through the motions and employees that are energized and motivated. What's more, assessing the work environment and culture can strengthen recruitment and reduce turnover.

If you want to find out if your company is a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Organization, KEYGroup's VEO Organizational Survey and other customized organizational assessments have helped organizations like yours measure and evaluate how employees rate the factors that are critical to satisfaction and performance. They are created and implemented by our trainers who are specialists in the design and delivery of satisfaction and workplace culture. Our trainers have unique knowledge and practice of adult education, as well as skills in the development and delivery of creative programs to provide clients with customized design, innovative delivery options, and measurable learning outcomes.

Addressing and re-measuring satisfaction and culture issues over time has helped our clients improve employee relations, solicit employees on improvement, plan for improved training support, and serve customers better, ultimately resulting in reduced costs and increased profitability. For more information visit our website at www.keygroupconsulting.com/veo_survey.htm or call Dr. Jan Ferri-Reed at 800-456-5790.

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DO YOUR EMPLOYEES LOOK FORWARD TO MONDAYS?
We're all too familiar with that old expression "thank God it's Friday!" But could the opposite be true? Could your employees actually be more grateful when Monday rolls around? Definitely!

Your people will look forward to Mondays when they feel energized and motivated by your workplace culture . . . when they feel appreciated and supported in their goals . . . when they feel they have a voice and a sense of the big picture.

What are the key elements? You have to create a trusting environment. You also have to foster respect among employees. Above all you have to do one thing really well: Communicate, communicate. Communicate!

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"If you aren't fired with enthusiasm . . . you will be fired with enthusiasm."

-- Vince Lombardi

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IT PAYS TO CREATE A VIBRANT WORKPLACE CULTURE
Of course, you know that transforming your company's culture doesn't take place overnight. And you also know that revitalizing your workplace doesn't occur without cost. But, taking the plunge to build a vibrant workplace will actually PAY you in the end.

Earlier this year the journal Canadian Business compiled a list of that nations' best workplaces in 2006. Interestingly, the editors noted "Independent analysis shows that publicly traded companies on Fortune's list of "100 Best Companies to Work For" in the United States and the Financial Times' list of best workplaces in the United Kingdom . . . consistently outperform their peers financially.

Hmmm! The best workplace environments also tend to produce the best financial results? That's a connection that experts have been making at least as far back as 'In Search of Excellence" in the 1980s. It continues to surprise me that so many managers continue to consider corporate culture to be a "fuzzy" concept rather than a bread and butter issue.

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RAISING THE BAR ON CULTURE
Managers often ask us "what's the first step" to turning around their organization's culture? Surprisingly enough, conducting one of our culture surveys typically has a galvanizing effect on employees. When your people are brought into the process and asked for their input, they begin to buy into the process of making the workplace a more vibrant environment. So not only does our survey yield powerful insights into your organization's culture, the process itself energizes your people. That can give them yet another reason to look forward to Monday mornings!

For more details on the process of transforming your workplace environment, you may wish to look at my eBook, Creating a Vibrant Entrepreneurial Organization: Your Competitive Advantage by visiting www.howtohaveacompetitiveadvantage.com. I'm certain you'll find it thought provoking reading