The Impact Your Office Design Has on Your Business

Office design has been modernized and is continually evolving throughout the years. With the advanced technology we have today, we have never been more efficient when it comes to optimizing your office space. 

When owning a business, it is your job to create a welcoming environment for not only your employees but for yourself as well. Your work environment has a great impact on your employee's output. Creating a substantially effective workspace is highly important for the success of your business and the stress diminishes with a carefully considered workspace.

Boosts Employee Morale

Employee morale is the outlook, satisfaction, attitude, and confidence team members have at work. It’s tied to the importance of employee engagement and retention as well as productivity. Employees who are positive, engaged, and inspired are more likely to have high morale. To generate a business with high employee morale, you must give your employees a comfortable work environment. Provide the necessary help needed to make your employees motivated and driven. Increase the communication between your employees and your management as well as your employees and their team members.

Clarify your company's mission, values, and goals. What does your company stand for? How is your company benefitting the outside world? What steps can your company take to further improve? Ask yourself these questions to then identify the company’s true meaning behind its work. Having goals for your business gives you a clear focus and sets criteria to see if your business is truly succeeding.
Fosters Collaboration

Collaboration in a workspace is a group of people all collectively sharing their ideas in order to reach an agreed end goal. This improves the way your team works together and opens up new channels for communication. The important aspects of collaboration include workspace communication, respect for others, and trust between your colleagues. Without having trust among your team members, you will not achieve a common end goal.

The comfortable workspace you’ve created fosters collaboration among your employees. We all know the saying, great minds think alike. This is proven to be effective! When including everyone's ideas, a more effective outcome will be achieved. Doing so can help get you out of the creative rut you might be stuck in. Making sure you and your team are on the same page includes adaptability and skill sharing. Adaptability, the capacity to be modified for a new purpose, means you are all flexible within your team. There will always be changes or new ideas that have to be incorporated into the mix. Being able to adapt to this shows your openness to adjustments, which is an important value.

Increases The Productivity of Your Employees

Working from home or in your individual space decreases productivity because there is a lack of motivation. Tons of distractions surrounding you may make you feel overwhelmed and incapable of staying focused. Surrounding yourself with a well-put-together work environment is substantial for focusing on completing all your tasks at hand. Giving your business more space to work means giving them more freedom to collaborate and stay organized.  Make your workspace as comfortable as you can. Incorporate bright lighting, welcoming plants, and comfortable desks. Include an office calendar with all tasks and projects needed to be completed by the staff. Having this calendar alone increases the productivity of your employees because it lays out everything needed to be done and when it’s all due. Visuals are key to staying focused and determined. Have your employees consistently write down their plans for each work day and when they want them done. A checklist for example is proven to increase your productivity because it gives you a visual and outline of your work day.

Ask for feedback. Feedback is important because it demonstrates you are committed to always improving and motivated to learn more. Gaining this feedback from your employees not only shows you care about their opinions but how much you respect their input. Accept constructive criticism! Constructive criticism is a type of feedback that influences change.

Drives Deeper Connections Between Your Team

Professional connections allow you and your team to benefit from the help and support of one another. Driving these connections deeper will only create positive outcomes. These relationships help everyone feel more secure and create a mutual benefit for both parties involved. Connected teams promote knowledge sharing which goes hand-in-hand with fostering collaboration.

Respect, respect, respect! Anyone is more likely to perform better when having teammates they can count on. Being respectful also reduces workspace stress, conflict, and problems. You’re all in a professional setting, there is no excuse for bad behavior. A respectful workspace is defined as one where all employees are treated correctly, communication is open and honest, and any conflict that emerges is addressed and solved.

Now that you’re aware of the changes needed throughout your office to have an impact on your business, apply them to yourself. Here at Hauptman Realty our spaces and amenities will give you that expansion you’re looking for within your business. Contact us today at (631) 501-1080 to begin your journey toward success!