The Best Strategies to Help us Be Happier at Work

AUSTIN, Texas - Aug. 14, 2024 - PRLog -- To Create a Happier Work Environment, Managers Should Focus on Office Amenities that are Meaningful to Employees

Are you concerned about recruiting new employees or keeping the workers you have happy at work?

Now is the time to ask the question:

Would you want to work at your company? At your office?

This is a serious question that needs an honest answer.

If the answer is a definite "Yes, I'd want to work here," then you are good.

But if you have doubts, there are things you can do to make your place of work an attractive destination where people want to spend their time.

Many successful companies see their office as an extension of their brand and invest in creating an attractive environment that upholds their corporate values, often by commissioning custom furniture by Formaspace.

For example, GM is investing $2 billion to upgrade its mid-century modern Technical Center campus, including the addition of a new Design West building to inspire its car designers and make GM a cool brand again.

If you are trying to find a way forward (and want to spend less than $2 billion!), there are certain amenities you might want to focus on that surveys indicate are highly valuable to current or prospective employees.

The first is flooding the work environment with lots of natural light – specifying good window and skylight design can help bring an office to life.

Closely related to this amenity is providing good sight lines (via large glass partitions rather than solid walls) that allow employees to see across the office or, even better, the outside world.

Surveys also find that people consciously or unconsciously crave a connection to nature, especially plants.

In response, savvy designers and architects seek to bring the outside world inside – an approach known as "biophilic" design – by incorporating large plants inside the office, adding windows facing the outside landscapes, or punctuating office interiors with indoor/outdoor atriums filled with plants.

Take the Need for Quiet, Private Work Areas Seriously

Not every worker feels the same way about working in the office.

As a manager, you could benefit from understanding some of the key differences between your staff members. Assessment tests, such as the well-known Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or The Kolbe Index, could reveal new insights into the different ways your employees function best in the work environment.

One key characteristic that differentiates some workers is a need for a calm, quiet workplace.

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