Here’s What You Can Do
Fortunately, there are several measures you can take to help tackle the New Year’s blues of your workforce – and the first could be as simple as redecorating and reorganising your office. Drab, lifeless offices might be sucking all the productivity out of your staff, but conversely, researchers from the University of Exeter’s School of Psychology have found that employees who work in ‘enriched spaces’ were around 17% more productive.
An ‘enriched’ space is, quite simply, any working environment that is decorated, laid out and designed to be more aesthetically and visually appealing. This could involve anything from introducing wall art or more plants into your office to make it lighter and brighter, or it could mean undertaking more significant rearranging of how you utilise the space you have. Reorganising the layout of your workplace could be the perfect opportunity to fostering collaboration between your staff on work projects, as well as encouraging them to take a greater level responsibility for their own workload – both of which have been shown to improve employee performance.
A greater focus on collaboration and a more flexible working environment have also been some of the driving factors behind the rise of coworking. Abandoning dedicated offices or corporate headquarters in favour of a
London coworking space might seem like an ambitious option for changing your working environment, but it’s one that has its own distinct benefits. What was once associated with entrepreneurs, freelancers and startups is now a popular option with many major companies – global giants like KPMG and Microsoft have made headlines after moving large numbers of employees into coworking spaces in the hope of capturing some creative spirit.
