This document outlines 15 ways to create a positive work environment, including having a clear vision, mission and values; allowing telecommuting; creating collaborative workspaces; emphasizing wellness; offering perks; treating customers well; fostering honesty and integrity; making time for fun; providing a sense of purpose; embracing mistakes as learning opportunities; valuing teamwork; showing care and kindness toward employees; and celebrating both big and small successes. The overarching message is that living by your values and prioritizing employee happiness are keys to a great company.

1. 15 Ways to Create
a Positive Work
Environment
WORK
HAPPINESS
VALUES
MISSION
VISION
Olga Hoffman

2.  Vision, Mission, Values
 Business to Purposefully Profit
 Telecommuting
 Collaborative open floor
plans and fluid work
environments
 Wellness
 Perks, perks, perks

3. WHERE THERE IS NO VISION,
THE PEOPLE PARISH
PROVERBS. 29:18
OUR VISION, MISSION AND VALUES
ARE NOT A FAD
WE TAKE THEM SERIOUSLY,
THEY’RE NOT JUST A DOODAD

4. WE CONTINUALLY STRENGTHEN
AND ENRICH OUR COMPANY
BY LIVING OUR VALUES EVERYDAY
YOU CAN’T
ALWAYS CONTROL
WHAT GOES ON
OUTSIDE, AND
OFTEN THIS SEEMS
LIKE A TEST
YOU CAN CONTROL WHAT GOES ON INSIDE
LIVE YOUR VALUES – BE YOUR BEST

5. “IF YOU HIRE PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN DO A JOB,
THEY'LL WORK FOR YOUR MONEY, BUT IF THEY BELIEVE
WHAT YOU BELIEVE, THEY'LL WORK FOR YOU WITH BLOOD
AND SWEAT AND TEARS.” – SIMON SENEK
THE GOAL IS TO HIRE PEOPLE
WHO
BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE

6. TREAT YOUR CUSTOMER AS KING
There are two things the customer
always knows to be true:
Number 1 - The customer is always
right, period!
Number 2 - Go back and reread #1

7. IT’S ALSO MEANS
NOT BEING DIVIDED
BUT BEING
COMPLETE;
A ONENESS,
A UNITY,
NOT CELEBRITY
BUSINESS INTEGRITY MEANS A
CONSISTENTLY HONEST RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES.
THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE
SUSTAINED, INCREASING GROWTH
HONESTY,
DIGNITY,
CHARACTER,
QUALITY AND
VALUE ARE
SYNONYMS
FOR
INTEGRITY

8. MAKE TIME FOR FUN, IF YOU HAVE TO
WORK, YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAVE FUN.
A LAUGH OR A SMILE
CAN BREAK THE TENSION AT
TIMES
DON’T WAIT FOR
SOMEONE ELSE
TO CREATE YOUR FUN….
YOU BE THE FIRST IN LINE

9. MEANING IS PURPOSE. . . .
MOST OF
US ARE
MOTIVATED BY FEELING A SENSE OF PURPOSE
IN CREATING SOMETHING LARGER THAN OURSELVES

10. CONFLICTED AND
DEFENSIVE PEOPLE ARE
SOMETIMES SILENTLY
SCREAMING – HEAR
THROUGH THE NOISE
THEY NEED YOU TO
VALUE AND RESPECT
THEM IN DISGUISE,
SO DO SO WITH POISE
IN CONFLICT BE FAIR AND GENEROUS,
HEAR THROUGH THE NOISE

11. CONFLICTED AND
DEFENSIVE PEOPLE
ARE SOMETIMES
SILENTLY
SCREAMING – HEAR
THROUGH THE
NOISE
THEY NEED YOU TO
VALUE AND
RESPECT THEM IN
DISGUISE,
SO DO SO WITH
POISE
IN CONFLICT, BE FAIR AND GENEROUS
HEAR THROUGH THE NOISE

12. TEAMS SOLVE ISSUES,
BUT ALSO HELP SUPPORT
US TO FLOURISH AND
GROW
WHEN YOU’RE STUCK,
SEEK THEIR EXPERIENCE
AND KNOWLEDGE – NO
NEED TO PLATEAU
THE EMPLOYEES ARE MEMBERS
EVERY EMPLOYEE BELONGS TO
TEAM COMPANY

13. IF WE’RE NOT MAKING MISTAKES,
WE’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE
WE FOSTER A SAFE
ENVIRONMENT WHERE
PEOPLE ARE
ENCOURAGED TO MAKE
MISTAKES
FROM THESE YOU WILL
LEARN –YOU WILL NOT
BREAK AND WILL
EVENTUALLY OVERTAKE
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000
ways that don’t work.” Thomas A. Edison

14. DISCIPLINE YOURSELF
TO WORK ON YOUR GOALS EVERY DAY,
DAY IN AND DAY OUT,
THIS IS THE “SECRET SAUCE”
FOR SUCCESS, THERE IS NO DOUBT
NO GOALS – NO PROGRESS

15. WHEN YOU LET EMPLOYEES KNOW THEY
MATTER AND EXPRESS SOME HEART
IT WILL MAKE YOUR COMPANY GREATER
THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS
EVERYONE NEEDS TO FEEL
LIKE THEY MATTER &
THEY HAVE A CONTRIBUTION TO MAKE

16. SHOWING
KINDNESS AND
CARE
TRANSFORMS
THE WORKPLACE
FOR THE BETTER
SEEK HAPPINESS
HAPPY EMPLOYEES
ARE THE KEY
TO MAKING OUR COMPANY
GREAT FOREVER

17. IT’S AS EASY AS A – B - C
A. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
B. BOUNCE BACK PARTIES
C. CELEBRATIONS
CELEBRATING SUCCESSES, BOTH BIG AND SMALL CAN UPLIFT US
APPRECIATE EFFORT
& REWARD RESULTS