How to Improve Employee Engagement Through Office Design
What is Employee Engagement?
Employee engagement is the measure of how employees feel about their jobs and how committed they are to their organization. It does not mean productivity or employee happiness, although these can be a part of employee engagement. Instead, it factors into consideration whether employees are passionate about their jobs, how committed they are to their organization’s values and goals, and how motivated they are to contribute to the organization’s success.
Improving Employee Engagement Through Strategic Office Design
As an employer, you can help improve employee engagement through clearly defined goals and expectations and a great company culture. Another increasingly popular way to improve employee engagement is by creating and implementing a strategic office design and a positive work environment.
Employees who are satisfied with their work environment and given the tools they need to succeed are much more likely to feel positively about their jobs. This, in turn, creates more motivated, committed employees who support their company’s vision. Once you realize that your office space is a tool for growth and success—rather than just square footage—you can improve employee engagement all around.
Here are some of the best features to include in your office design:
Optimized Lighting
Working in an office—especially on a computer—all day can be especially hard on your employees’ eyes. Common complaints include difficulty reading, eyestrain, blurred vision, dry burning eyes, and headaches. The combination of poor overhead lighting and bright, glaring screens can really hinder productivity and employee satisfaction.
As an employer, you can help increase engagement by including optimized lighting in your office design. Some ways to achieve this include using filters to diffuse overhead lighting, letting more natural light into each room, and using anti-glare screens.
Strategic Color Schemes
When it comes to deciding on a color scheme for your office design, you’ll want to consider your brand colors, your brand personality, and the nature of the work your employees are doing. If your business is more creative and your employees need stimulation and inspiration, they may work better when surrounded by brighter, bolder colors. For more serious brands or tasks that require more concentration, you may want to stick with a more neutral color scheme.
Flexible Workspaces
Many businesses—especially those with an emphasis on team projects—require their employees to wear many different hats on any given day. Your employees may be working in small groups in the early morning, needing to concentrate on individual projects in the late morning, and then making phone calls in the afternoon.
With a variety of tasks and differing work habits, your employees may require some flexibility with their workspaces. You may want to include meeting rooms, quiet areas, and collaboration workspaces in your office design to increase employee engagement and productivity.
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