Successful Working Environments E-Book

50MINUTES

• Herausgeber: 50Minutes.com
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: Coaching
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 30

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Ready to take your career to the next level? Find out everything you need to know about the optimal work environment with this practical guide.

Your working environment has a significant impact on your creativity, stress levels and wellbeing at work. This is increasingly recognised by major companies such as Google, which now favour ultra-modern office spaces and aim to show staff that their contribution is valued. A number of simple steps on both the individual and company level can foster focus, creativity and collaboration by encouraging a positive atmosphere at work.

In 50 minutes you will be able to:
• Maintain optimal brain function at work through a series of simple exercises
• Identify and put in place the characteristics of an efficient, productive and collaborative working environment
• Organise your own workspace to reduce stress and boost creativity and focus

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Leseprobe

Your working environment is key to your efficiency

Andrew works in the design department of a factory. His office is tucked away in a corner of an old hangar. His computer regularly crashes and the light, which is not bright enough for him to read plans, forces him to constantly go back and forth to the office of the planning department, which is more functional. Adele has been working there for 15 years, in an open plan office. She cannot wait to be promoted and get a private office, which will suit her work as this needs a lot of reflection and concentration. Meanwhile, Carl does not dare to receive his clients in the dusty premises of his company.

Issue: how can I improve my working environment to boost my efficiency?Uses: increase your productivity, efficiency and personal and professional wellbeing.Professional context: office life, open plan offices, relationships with colleagues, stress, effectiveness and wellbeing at work.FAQs:What are the consequences of a positive working environment?What are the keys to psychological wellbeing in the office?How can I be at my best in the office?How can I reduce stress by working on my office environment?How can I use my professional environment to reinforce my self-esteem?What environment encourages collaboration?How should I balance my personal and professional life?How can I be more efficient by working on my office environment?How can I alter my environment to encourage change?How can the working environment reflect the values of the organisation?

In many organisations, the environment is seen first and foremost as a line on the budget to reduce. Nonetheless, some multinationals have clearly indicated their desire to improve the wellbeing of their employees by investing in ultramodern environments: in 1998 Renault opened its “Technocentre” in France, an ultramodern 410 000 m² building designed to promote collaboration between teams. In 2007 Google, which is ranked the fourth best company to work for in the world, gave the 11 000 employees at its Mountain View headquarters in California the “Googleplex”, an extraordinary working environment which is perhaps even more relaxing than the employees’ own homes: pool tables, gardens, bicycles, chairs for discreet napping, a wide range of sporting activities, numerous restaurants and of course pleasant and modern offices. The respective cost of these headquarters was 5.5 billion francs (at the time) and hundreds of millions of dollars of investment. But why make this decision?

These companies, whose employee numbers are constantly increasing, understood that by building a good working environment, they were indirectly showing their employees that they were contributing to the effective working of the business, while increasing overall productivity. Through the quality of their infrastructure, the Technocentre and Googleplex tell employees that they are valued and important. Furthermore, these buildings were designed based on interviews with staff in order to better respond to their needs. The environment therefore responds as well as possible to the needs of the position and above all guarantees that employees are recognised, which is the main ingredient in motivation.

Indeed, recognition is a fundamental psychological need for all of us. When this need for recognition is satisfied, we feel reassured and are free to think, organise and take action to achieve our objectives. Conversely, when we feel that we are not being recognised, we experience stress and we may feel threatened and find ourselves at an impasse, unable to think, make decisions, collaborate and move forwards.