{"id":1442,"date":"2019-03-23T20:20:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T20:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/?p=1442"},"modified":"2019-03-23T20:45:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T20:45:53","slug":"what-a-first-class-workplace-culture-looks-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/rwc-blog\/what-a-first-class-workplace-culture-looks-like\/","title":{"rendered":"What a First Class Workplace Culture Looks Like"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read a lot of posts\/ articles in the LinkedIn environment about the importance of cultivating a positive\/ supportive workplace culture, but rarely do I see any visual evidence of such cultures existing. As many will already know, I am a strong proponent of striving and driving towards achieving workplaces which put people first – and business objectives second. This orientation motivated me to write my first book in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

Among other pursuits I’m presently managing the processing of the 2019 apple harvest at a moderately sized Hawke’s Bay orchard and pack house operation (Chestergrove Orchards) – including the contractual engagement of personnel. As those who have managed a seasonal workforce may know, the horticulture industry relies on a large number of willing (work-ready) people being available to be a part of either a picker team or a pack house team. Without these people the harvest volumes processed by orchards around the world would be considerably compromised.<\/span><\/p>\n

This season we have been particularly fortunate to have formed a pack house team which comprises a diverse range of individuals – local Kiwis and visiting overseas people combined. It is this diversity of people (and values within) which I believe has given rise to the positive “can-do” work environment that we experience as a team week to week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday we said goodbye to a couple from Europe who are moving-on with the next phase of their travels through New Zealand – heading southward into the South Island. Completely at their discretion and as their initiative they made a range of beautiful baked apple dishes, which the owners of Chestergrove Orchards complemented with a beer shout.<\/span><\/p>\n

Putting all the flowery words aside which are often used to describe a favourable workplace culture, here is a visual understanding of such a culture in reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

The master bakers behind the delightful baked apple creations.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

A touch of dancing to farewell the happy travellers.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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I read a lot of posts\/ articles in the LinkedIn environment about the importance of cultivating a positive\/ supportive workplace culture, but rarely do I see any visual evidence of such cultures existing. As many will already know, I am a strong proponent of striving and driving towards achieving workplaces which put people first – and business objectives second. This orientation motivated me to write my first book in 2016. Among other pursuits I’m presently managing the processing of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1442"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1452,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1442\/revisions\/1452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realworldconsulting.kiwi\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}