The benefits of a vibrant workplace Creating harmony and a positive work environment

The benefits of a vibrant workplace Creating harmony and a positive work environmentThe benefits of a vibrant workplace Creating harmony and a positive work environmentVibrantfull of energy and enthusiasm. Spirited, lively, energetic, full of life. The vibrant workplace connotes energy, positivity, and growth characteristics we desire for the environment where we spend the majority of our waking hours.A vibrant workplace draws people to it quality, talented employees want to work in a healthy context and become a part of the life-exuding process. Employees bring their own gifts and unique personalities to add to the synergy in a dynamic work setting. A vibrant workplace is the antithesis of how many work environments are described negative, energy-sapping, and toxic to growth.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreEmployees dont feel appreciatedWhy is there such a theme of despair in fruchtwein workplaces? Because people want to be appreciated for what they do at work. But, unfortunately, most people dont feel appreciated at work.In fact, while 51 percent of managers surveyed across several companies felt they were doing a good job of recognizing employees for work well done, only 17 percent of the employees who worked for those managers felt appreciated by their supervisors. Thus, there was a wide discrepancy between how managers felt they were doing in providing recognition, and what their employees experienced.Authentic appreciation The foundation for a vibrant workplaceA vibrant workplace isnt a perfect, utopian organization that is without struggles or challenges. In fact, the vibrant workplace actually can exist in the same external conditions as a toxic workplace. But somehow, this particular culture has found ways to resist and repel negative influences, to train gruppe members to build healthy internal processes, and to continually put forth positive e nergy toward the organizations goals.How does all this happen?A healthy organization cant develop withoutauthentic appreciation a core component and driving force for a vibrant workplace to grow and prosper. Why is this so important? Because authentic appreciationaffirms the value of each member of the organization, helping them function better and grow their competenciescommunicates directly at a personal level between team members, rather than the indirect, impersonal messages sent in an unhealthy workplacecreates proactive energy for the recipient, for the sender, for others observing, and for the organization as a wholeserves as a repellent and protector against negative influences that can damage the members of the communitydisplays genuine affirmation not faked displays or cheap imitation, and not just trying to look like the real thinggives team members the energy and stamina to overcome the obstacles encountered in everyday work life.In the work I have done consulting aroun d the country, Ive observed ten common obstacles to creating a culture of appreciation. These include lack of leadership from management, toxic workplaces, the challenge of unique settings that create problems, perceived inauthenticity, and difficulty to appreciate coworkers among others.To learn more about identifying the most common obstacles to applying the 5 languages in the workplace and become equipped to be the change agent to help build a healthier workplace where people feel truly valued, pick up a copy ofThe Vibrant Workplace.Heres a sneak peek. Listen to this snippet from Chapter 1 ofThe Vibrant Workplaceaudiobook.This article originally appeared on Appreciation at Work.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons from Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people