Workplace Culture Review

What are workplace culture reviews?

A workplace culture review is a structured process to understand the health of your organisation’s culture. It identifies strengths, areas of concern, and underlying issues that may impact engagement, productivity, and compliance.

When to use a workplace culture review?

  • In periods of change or growth

  • As part of proactive risk management

  • Identify strengths and weaknesses in the current culture

  • Measure alignment between stated company values and actual employee experiences

  • Spot trends and issues early, such as disengagement or lack of diversity

  • Guide strategic decisions on policies, training, and leadership development

  • Whistleblower or anonymous complaints

  • Investigate issues of perceived poor culture and/or morale

  • Where a complainant is reluctant to proceed with a complaint

  • Evidence of team conflict, high turnover or absenteeism

  • A suspicion that a particular issue may exist and the need to quantify the risk (e.g. an employee complaint)

Benefits of a workplace culture review

  • Pinpoint psychosocial hazards early: uncover any potential issues that have not yet become visibly apparent or disruptive

  • Improve employee engagement, communication and trust: When employees feel heard and valued, they are more motivated and productive.

  • Better Retention: A positive culture reduces turnover and attracts top talent.

  • Enhanced Collaboration: Understanding cultural dynamics helps teams work more effectively together.

  • Stronger Brand Reputation: Companies known for healthy cultures appeal to customers, partners, and future hires.

  • Continuous Improvement: Regular reviews create a feedback loop that fosters adaptability and innovation. A workplace culture review can be used in lieu of a workplace investigation to investigate allegations of workplace culture including bullying or proactively to check on how team dynamics are within a workplace.