IT's war against the HR process - Part #4.

Third reason to have a SPARK - Energizing the culture!

Too often you walk into an IT department or a cube farm and the people you see cringe as if you only serve to intrude upon their consciousness. This distances people from IT and always makes IT out to be the enemy.

SPARKs on the other hand are gregarious employees they require interaction with others. A SPARK tends to engage rather than avoid. SPARKs will charge and bring FIRE to an environment. In order to make sure that a SPARK is not extinguished you must have the SPARK empowered and aware of the environment that he/she is going into.

What is the impact of energizing your culture?

• Employees become people again. People talk to people they won't speak with someone that just stares at them.
• Employees start to become energized about the work they do and the field they are in.
• Generally if you are energized about your work you take pride in it and care about it. Possibly more work and higher quality.
• Your team now starts to function like one.

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