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Productivity is all about how quickly and efficiently the tasks that need doing get done in your business. This means that if your workplace is unproductive, you will be wasting valuable resources such as time, effort, and person-power. All of which will ultimately impact your bottom line. The good news is you can improve productivity in your workplace. Read on to find out how.
Change your management style
First of all, to maximize productivity in your business, you need to have the right kind of management style. Yes, that’s right, the way you treat your employees will affect how productive they are.
With that in mind, a more hands-off style may help you get more from your workers. This is because by giving them a task and trusting them to do it, without checking up on them or looking over their shoulder constantly, you encourage autonomy and a sense of personal responsibility. Both of which can have a positive impact on productivity!
Of course, there are ways to balance the hands-off approach with staying on top of what is going on. Productivity software for example lets employees update their progress on a task, and flag the need for help on their terms. Then you as a manager can focus on where there is a genuine issue without harassing those that are making good progress on a task.
Encourage employee wellness
When your employees are healthy and feel good, they are much more likely to have the energy to work productively. To that end, investing in an employee wellness program can pay dividends in the long run. Indeed, encouraging employee wellness can also help reduce absenteeism, which means productivity is much less likely to suffer because your team is not operating at full strength.
Useful employee wellness initiatives may include offering free or discounted membership to the gym, onsite exercise and meditation classes, and even discounted recipe boxes that encourage a more healthy and nutritious way of eating.
Deal with distractions
For a long while, the open-plan approach has dominated office and workplace design. However, it is worth noting that a great big room packed with all your employees may not be the best space to promote productivity.
Indeed, open plan spaces often contain many distractions, from co-workers trying to strike up a conversation about the weekend, to endlessly ringing phones.
Using dividers between desks can help create a more focused environment, and Acoustic Insulation can help to absorb some of the noise created in such a space. Something that can make it much easier for your employees to stay focused on the task at hand.
Provide access to well-maintained tools
A plumber can’t work effectively without a wrench, and the same goes for your employees! That means you need to provide them with the right equipment they need to do their job. Of course, for some, this means physical items, but increasingly it means the right digital tools to be able to work most productively.
With that in mind, investing in software custom-built for your business or industry can help. Also, making sure that software is regularly updated to minimize security risks that can cause massive amounts of downtime in productivity is a good idea too.
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