To Make Your Workplace Fairer, Take Charge of Its Norms

To Make Your Workplace Fairer, Take Charge of Its Norms

There are certain rules and standards at work that are shared in formal trainings and onboarding, but there are also many norms that employees pick up over time—like whether taking vacation is encouraged or seen as signaling a lack of commitment or whether meetings start on time or a few minutes after the hour. Norms shape individual and collective behaviors and represent organizational culture or “how we do things here.” When set intentionally,…