High-performance culture

The concept of high performance culture has become fashionable in many of the world's most successful and competitive companies. It has been demonstrated that the work environment and the internal culture of a company's work force is one of the most important assets a business can have, and at the same time it represents a highly valuable competitive advantage in the marketplace. It is a resource that cannot be substituted or replicated, each business has its own added value in the workforce it manages to build, which is why many CEOs recognize that the most important department in their company is human resources.

During this guide we will be looking at some of the basics of high performance culture and how to apply it to your business.

What is high performance culture?

High-performance culture is a concept that refers to the optimal performance of a company's employees, which gives it superiority over its competitors. This is evidenced in the commercial, innovative and productive aspects, among others. It is built through the feeling of belonging and commitment of employees to the company, which makes them feel part of the achievements and failures of it, leading them to make their best effort to enhance the results.

Here are two recommendations that could be useful when it comes to fostering this spirit among your employees.

Make your employees feel they are part of your success

Many companies do not give due recognition to their employees. They attribute all the success achieved to the managers, neglecting the emotional state of their employees and making them feel like just another tool used during the process. A very effective way to foster the culture of high performance within your company is to share the success achieved with the workers involved in it. There are many formulas in this regard, but the main idea is to make them feel directly responsible for the results, so that they are duly stimulated and recognized.

Some companies choose to share the benefits of a certain product with those who have been responsible for its success; they also share the company's share with the most outstanding workers, distribute profits or increase their salaries according to the company's results. Whichever way you use, the important thing is to let the worker know that he is valued and that his positive performance will always have beneficial consequences for him.

Set goals

Setting goals is about sharing your vision with your employees. Make them part of your dreams and get them to share them. If you have a business that sells certain products, approach your salespeople and tell them what your vision for the business is and what they will become in the future. Sometimes a simple sentence like "In two years we will be the top selling business in the country for this product and you will be the supervisors in charge of teaching new sales people how to sell, you will have your own office and we can raise your salary to where you deserve it because you are great sales people and you are doing so much to move our company forward."

A simple phrase like this will increase the desire to be more productive, because they know that they are part of what they are building, and that what they are building they are also building for themselves, so they can have better benefits in the future and enjoy the work they do.

High-performance culture requires managers who engage with their employees, learn from their aspirations and want to foster support and a spirit of belonging for the company.