We’ll talk about:
- Team building
- Micro-managing
- Managed hosting solutions
- Maintaining an office building
Team building
Team building activities can be a fun way to encourage your office workers to collaborate well. Although you’re never going to please everyone with the choice of activity, it’s important to encourage such activities to create a friendly office environment.
Going go-carting or out for a meal are just a couple of ideas you can relate back to your team. You could even create a list of ideas and allow your employees to vote on the activity they want to do.
Encourage work socialising outside of work hours
Although this may sound like a repetition of team building, it’s not. We’re talking about things like going to the pub or hosting a BBQ for the team. It encourages a relaxed work relationship. Of course, this doesn’t mean going out and getting hammered on a Wednesday night with your employees, it does mean building a trusting yet professional relationship with your employees.
It gives your office the chance to see that you (the boss/manager) aren’t some heartless business owner that’s all about the money – which, hopefully, is not the case. When employees can feel comfortable enjoying themselves around you, they’ll feel more comfortable at work as well.
When people are comfortable at work, they feel less stressed and more productive. So, it’s great for both you and your employees.
Scrap the micro-managing
Although some believe micro-managing creates a more efficient workflow, the fact is it actually makes employees feel uncomfortable. Micro-managing gives the impression to employees that you don’t trust them – this feeling of no trust makes most people less inclined to complete work to a good standard.
Did you know that most unhappy workers feel this way because of bad bosses and micro-managing? If your employee is unhappy, their motivation drops alarmingly. Hence, it’s super important to make sure each and every worker is feeling happy in their work life.
Managed hosting
It’s a good idea to look around for managed hosting to find a company you can trust. There are plenty of reliable and cost-effective hosting companies online that you can contact. And when you’re trying to manage an office, you’re going to need a reliable hosting service for your cloud storage and servers.
Maintenance of an office
Sometimes office maintenance is forgotten about or pushed aside. The problem with this is that a small maintenance issue will almost always get larger – and coincidingly, more expensive. So, make sure you carry out office checks on schedule to prevent any issues going unnoticed until it gets worse.
The bigger picture
The main point you should take away from this is that creating a happy work environment and encouraging healthy work relationships are the key components in creating an efficient office. Let us know if you have any more advice to add for our other readers.