{"id":43118,"date":"2021-07-26T06:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T10:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=43118"},"modified":"2021-08-03T09:09:04","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T13:09:04","slug":"cohesive-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/cohesive-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Cohesive Workplace: Learn From the Bees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you part of a cohesive workplace? Is everyone truly working together?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A key to creating a cohesive workplace is to think of it as a hive. Bees operate in the interest of the group rather than the self. You can tap into employees\u2019 hiving tendencies to create a cohesive team<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more to learn three ways to build a cohesive workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Your Workplace Is a Hive<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A modern corporation is the perfect example of a hive. It has great potential to be a cohesive workplace. It\u2019s a superorganism where tasks are split up so that everyone is doing the action that contributes the most to create a greater whole. Corporations, according to the law, can act as individuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The benefits of corporations include the ability to scale up their production and pay their employees more while charging less for their products than smaller businesses (or \u201corganisms\u201d). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some companies use various and complex carrot-and-stick approaches in an attempt to control their employees. This in turn makes them act in a Glauconian manner\u2014they care much more about a promotion or looking good in front of the boss than actually doing work that helps the group. Companies should abandon this strategy and instead use the naturally hive-minded part of humans to their benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 Ways to Build a Cohesive Workplace<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To tap into employees\u2019 hiving tendencies and create a cohesive workplace:<\/p>\n\n\n\n