{"id":13403,"date":"2020-09-07T15:36:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T19:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=13403"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:48:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T20:48:25","slug":"how-to-build-a-positive-work-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-build-a-positive-work-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Build a Positive Work Culture Using OKRs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What are the best ways to learn how to build a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-positive-work-culture\/\">positive work culture<\/a>? Can OKRs have an effect on your work culture?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-are-objectives-and-key-results\/\">OKRs are<\/a> a big part in learning how to build a positive work culture. OKRs can help provide transparency and help employees feel as though they are part of the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about how to build a positive work culture below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-to-build-a-positive-work-culture\"><strong>How to Build a Positive Work Culture<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you want to learn how to build a positive work culture? First, you need to consider why having a positive work culture is important. Then, you can move onto the steps of how to build a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/startup-culture\/\">positive company culture<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-culture-and-why-is-it-important\"><strong>What Is Culture and Why Is It Important?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Culture is a company\u2019s beliefs and values, and the behaviors surrounding those beliefs and values. Most importantly, <strong>culture is a shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/having-a-purpose-in-life\/\">sense of purpose<\/a>.<\/strong> Learning how to build a positive company culture means understanding why culture maters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research shows that companies with positive cultures outperform those without them. In one study, of the companies with healthy cultures, 96% received high scores for \u201csystematic innovation\u201d and 96% had \u201cincreased market share.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This may be because employees understand their organization\u2019s purpose and their purpose within the organization. When a company\u2019s culture is cohesive and everyone knows its purpose, <strong>employees can make decisions quickly and reliably.<\/strong> This is an important part of knowing how to build a positive work culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-do-okrs-and-cfrs-contribute-to-a-positive-culture\"><strong>How Do OKRs and CFRs Contribute to a Positive Culture?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In one study, researchers found that \u201chigh-motivation cultures\u201d depend on two elements: catalysts and nourishers.&nbsp;These are important elements of knowing how to build a positive team culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Catalysts<\/strong> are elements of a company that support the work being done. These elements include goal setting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/hub\/personal-life\/self\/learn-from-failure\/\">learning from failure<\/a>, transparency, engaging in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/fulfilling-work\/\">meaningful work<\/a>, and freely sharing ideas. All of these elements are built into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/product-principles\/\">OKR<\/a> system.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nourishers<\/strong> are elements of a company that support the interpersonal needs of employees. These elements include positive feedback, professional development, emotional support, psychological safety, and recognition. All of these elements are built into the CFR system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, OKRs are the catalysts of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/building-a-positive-workplace-culture\/\">positive workplace culture<\/a>; CFRs are the nourishment that sustains it. You&#8217;ll need both in order to figure out how to build a positive team culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-example-of-building-a-positive-culture-one-campaign\"><strong>Example of Building a Positive Culture: ONE Campaign<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OKRs can also help you establish a new culture<\/strong> when you discover the failings of your current one. Using OKRs can teach you how to build a positive work culture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After rockstar Bono established the ONE Campaign, an activist coalition, he discovered a problem in their culture: They were working <em>on <\/em>Africa rather than <em>with <\/em>Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the organization\u2019s objectives was to ease poverty and the ravages of AIDS in Africa. Bono and his ONE Campaign team felt they knew what Africans needed, but they collaborated not with African governments, but with governments in North America and Europe, the continents with the most money and power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day at a board meeting, John Doerr asked, \u201cWho\u2019s the client here?\u201d When the board told him that the clients were the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world, Doerr asked if these people had a \u201cseat at the table,\u201d both metaphorically and literally. They didn\u2019t. Their culture and goals were tainted by a messiah complex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bono and the ONE team used OKRs to change the organization\u2019s culture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ONE Campaign OKR Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Objective: <\/strong>Use the perspectives of Africans to guide ONE\u2019s work, align ONE\u2019s work with the priorities of Africans, and use ONE\u2019s political capital to lobby for policy changes in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Result #1: <\/strong>Hire three African-based employees by April, and two African board members by July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Result #2: <\/strong>Create an African Advisory Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Result #3: <\/strong>Develop relationships with 10-15 African thinkers and leaders who consult on ONE\u2019s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Result #4: <\/strong>Take four trips to Africa during the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once they started hiring African board members, the team realized that some of their priorities needed to shift. One new board member pointed out that corruption, which cheated developing countries of a trillion dollars annually, was currently a bigger problem than HIV\/AIDS. Consequently, ONE shifted its objectives to lobbying for policies that increased transparency in governments and businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we\u2019ve seen, the OKR system is adaptable, and this adaptability can help you learn how to build a positive team culture. There\u2019s no right or wrong way to use OKRs, and as your company grows, you\u2019ll find the need to emphasize different elements of the system. For a new company, establishing priorities might be the game-changer you need. For more established companies, finding the right OKR cycle rhythm, be it quarterly or monthly, might be invaluable. <strong>Find the elements of the OKR system that will be most beneficial for your company <em>today<\/em>, and focus on those.<\/strong> Make the system your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more resources on implementing the OKR system, and for how OKRs compare to and can complement other systems you may already have in place (such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/eos-management\/\">Entrepreneurial Operating System<\/a> or the Objectives, Goals, Strategies, and Measures system), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatmatters.com\/resources\">visit the What Matters website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that you know how to build a positive work culture, you can begin investing in building out your OKRs, and creating that culture for yourself. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What are the best ways to learn how to build a positive work culture? 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