Corporate culture refers to the intangible things that establish a company’s personality, becoming an unwritten extension of the corporate values. Today, more and more companies are proactively looking into and monitoring the message their corporate culture is communicating, and improving it to attract and retain high-caliber employees. To do this companies are going the extra mile to promote an attractive corporate culture that is encouraging employees to work there; so, how does this work?
More Value on Culture than Money
Many times, employees are more willing to take a lower pay offer from a firm that has a great corporate culture, rather than a high pay from a firm with a caustic, clinical corporate culture. This is because many “millennia”’ generation workers places more value on the quality of life and a healthy working environment over money. While corporate culture is always changing, it needs fostering, protecting, and actively promotion to have a positive effect on your company; if not cultivated properly, corporate culture can deteriorate and shift over time.
The Effect of Landscape Architecture on Corporate Culture
Some companies are using landscape architecture to contribute to a positive, friendly environment for their employees, and they are doing it by incorporating principles for environmentally sound . When companies provide attractive outdoor space such as parks, seating areas, and tracks for running, as well as gyms and other activities, they have healthier, happier employees. Landscape architecture affects the corporate culture as a company’s campus is an extension of their workspace and shows a company’s commitment to its green corporate values.
Through working with plumbing companies like and creating effective water management systems with firms like , companies are creating attractive landscaping that act as outdoor seating areas that encourage people to get out more often. Such outdoor architecture spaces are useful in building camaraderie and effective interpersonal relationships that encourage your company’s culture. You can also use your outdoor space to instill pride and support trust in your organization with the exterior landscaping that exudes credibility, fairness, and respect.
A Barrier-Free Workspace
Companies with specific areas to celebrate and build employee camaraderie are often the best out there. To accommodate all employees, interior and exterior spaces are barrier-free, so that employees in wheelchairs or who have difficulty maneuvering can easily access and enjoy them. Moving inside and outside should be easy for all.
To create a great workplace, you need to allow and encourage collaboration between employees and planning team, so that the finished outdoor space meets employee needs. A serene and beautiful space that includes properly maintained plants provides a place for workers to regroup and relax, while fostering a sense of community where collaboration, is natural.
Improve Meeting Areas
Successful workplace design incorporates “engineered serenity” to accommodate the unexpected. Designing for serendipity involves architecture that acts as a source of creative thinking and to realize this, you need to focus on where within your organization’s facilities employees gather to talk, eat, relax ,and commemorate special events. As friendships naturally develop among employees in your company, collaboration becomes easier, especially when corporate culture allows meetings to occur anywhere.
Humans gather around food, and many companies are taking advantage of this by creating enlarged dining areas where employees can convene informally for relaxation, collaborations and other activities. Outdoor or indoor dining areas with large tables encourage socialization. The large tables can also be used as venues for collaboration space or meetings.
Another place that is great for a communal space for socializations, mingling and gathering is your front lobby and plaza. Do this by closing all side doors for accessing your workplace and only allow access to it through the front lobby. This will help create a ceremonial portal where everyone has to go through to get into the building, and also helps solve a security problem; the effect is increased socialization and an increased sense of community and belonging.
A company’s architectural design should be representative of its corporate culture. Proper landscape design makes for an inviting area for employees together and can help companies earn LEEDS points.
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