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Eating Workplace Culture One Bite at a Time – Part 09

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Today’s workplace culture is changing and part of that is due to the continued emphasis on sustainability.  Being green has always been prevalent far more in the operations of mid-size to small businesses that had far less resources than the big firms.

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To not only survive, but thrive, small businesses had to maximize all resources.  For many this meant reusing paper, carbon paper, file folders, adding machine tape, etc. before technology came into the picture. Today the emphasis is still on not wasting resources from printing emails to recycling paper and other such products. The shift is younger employees within the workplace culture want to be involved in setting the policies and being part of that overall process.

Now with millennials entering the workplace culture, they appear to be even more concerned about sustainability specific to the business operations’ impact to the environment. They believe according to many surveys including one by Deloitte in being employed by those firms that have high sustainability practices along with high business ethics.

These young entries into the marketplace want to be part of the sustainability activities within the organization. This involvement extends to understanding the specifics of any pro-environment policies.

Now for some older employees within the workplace culture, many look at sustainability to mean will we have employment until we retire? Sustainability is about longevity in the market place and not necessarily around recycling or reusing.

Both viewpoints can be embraced within any workplace culture as both contribute to sustainable profitability.  Actions from turning off lights to recycling paper refuse not only are good for the bottom line, they are good for the environment and do reflect the values (business ethics) of the organization.

If your small business employs those under 40 or will be shifting its workforce in the short term to more under 40 employees, now is the time to identify how your small business reacts to sustainability.  Your workplace culture is changing and this is a change executive leadership must understand to be sustainable in the future.

Please feel free to check out this holistic cultural assessment tool that allows even the smallest firms to start identifying the barriers to effective execution of current business growth strategies including sustainability.

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Leanne Hoagland-Smith is THE People and Process Problem Solver. She supports forward thinking leaders in bridging the gaps between the two problems restricting strategic business growth – people and processes. Leanne can be reached at 219.508.2859 central time USA.  Follow her on Twitter or check out her profile on LinkedIn

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