Do non-conventional offices with play rooms equipped with Ping-Pong equipment boost productivity and employee morale?
Many business owners feel jealous when thinking about the strong Google office approach. For Google employees it is very common to have full access to anything from bikes to pool tables this search-engine giant has to offer. Many small businesses have followed search-engine giant Google's example by adding amenities such as gyms, pool tables and recreational areas - just to name a few.
Are you as the manager of a business looking for ways to improve employee morale and boost productivity? Do you wonder if adding features like tennis courts and jacuzzi tubs will help?
When it comes to improving the productivity of employees there is no answer in general. Outstanding leadership is most important! Company leaders need to find approaches to motivate employees with what they do and say - decor and furniture is just one part of it.
Very quickly you will realize that nobody will take advantage of the ping pong tables you have set up in your company. Ping Pong tables or any other entertainment equipment will turn out to be more of a monument to what the company is trying to portrait. Encouraging pool tournaments is not going to help any business achieve higher revenues.
Many companies have asked me if re-designing an office in a way that it is more un-conventional will improve results. Today, management often believes that just by adding 'fun' zones productivity will increase. Wrong! Just to take this approach, introduces again the philosophy that 'one office idea fits all'.
For instance, just recently we designed a sales department in Dallas, Texas according to the principles of Feng Shui for offices. After we did the complete Feng Shui Consultation based on the Sitting and the Facing of the space we learned which Feng Shui colours and materials to introduce, and even more important what we need to avoid, to create an environment conducive to success. Based on the wide variety and range of energy enhancing aspects we had close discussions with each individual producer of the organization. A high level of excitement was created when management decided to involve their top ten producers in the project. By talking to these top producers how they were feeling about their soon to be created new work space taught us that the 'one fits all approach' is not the right way to go. Improving Motivation and Productivity.When using a Feng Shui Practitioner it is not just consulting with an interior decorator or designer with the goal to create an office into a "Disney Amusement Park"; yet interior office design based on Feng Shui can promote a good business base!
The spaces we created were so individual in out-come based on Feng Shui and the individual employee an outcome you will never achieve by just adding ping pong tables in order to appear "hip".
Many business owners feel jealous when thinking about the strong Google office approach. For Google employees it is very common to have full access to anything from bikes to pool tables this search-engine giant has to offer. Many small businesses have followed search-engine giant Google's example by adding amenities such as gyms, pool tables and recreational areas - just to name a few.
Are you as the manager of a business looking for ways to improve employee morale and boost productivity? Do you wonder if adding features like tennis courts and jacuzzi tubs will help?
When it comes to improving the productivity of employees there is no answer in general. Outstanding leadership is most important! Company leaders need to find approaches to motivate employees with what they do and say - decor and furniture is just one part of it.
Very quickly you will realize that nobody will take advantage of the ping pong tables you have set up in your company. Ping Pong tables or any other entertainment equipment will turn out to be more of a monument to what the company is trying to portrait. Encouraging pool tournaments is not going to help any business achieve higher revenues.
Many companies have asked me if re-designing an office in a way that it is more un-conventional will improve results. Today, management often believes that just by adding 'fun' zones productivity will increase. Wrong! Just to take this approach, introduces again the philosophy that 'one office idea fits all'.
For instance, just recently we designed a sales department in Dallas, Texas according to the principles of Feng Shui for offices. After we did the complete Feng Shui Consultation based on the Sitting and the Facing of the space we learned which Feng Shui colours and materials to introduce, and even more important what we need to avoid, to create an environment conducive to success. Based on the wide variety and range of energy enhancing aspects we had close discussions with each individual producer of the organization. A high level of excitement was created when management decided to involve their top ten producers in the project. By talking to these top producers how they were feeling about their soon to be created new work space taught us that the 'one fits all approach' is not the right way to go. Improving Motivation and Productivity.When using a Feng Shui Practitioner it is not just consulting with an interior decorator or designer with the goal to create an office into a "Disney Amusement Park"; yet interior office design based on Feng Shui can promote a good business base!
The spaces we created were so individual in out-come based on Feng Shui and the individual employee an outcome you will never achieve by just adding ping pong tables in order to appear "hip".
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Since 1999 Feng Shui at Work provides interior and exterior planning for businesses, homes, buildings and construction sites. We are committed to promoting Feng Shui in order to help people both live and work more happily in their environment.
