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Managing your employees can be a tough job. It’s not something that can be taught and each employee you have is a different case. Some employees might be motivated by gifts and promises of a promotion, and other employees are motivated when you criticise their work and tell them bluntly that they aren’t meeting your standards. However, there are times when our lack of care for each employee can lead to them slipping from our business, and their loyalty might slowly be fading because of it.

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Monitoring employees isn’t easy, but with the help of some software solutions, social interaction and showing genuine compassion for your workers, you can keep them from slipping away and joining a rival business and leaving you.

Do your employees show less enthusiasm?

If it feels like your employees are showing less and less enthusiasm about their jobs, then it’s a sign that the work is either far too easy for them or they are losing the motivation to work for you. One of the best ways to reinvigorate that enthusiasm is to give them a challenge. Stimulate their minds so they are more productive and prepare some more difficult work or a task that will define an outcome for the business. For example, give your marketing team some funds to host a marketing campaign or promotion, or ask your tech team with upgrading the office computers and give them a budget.

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Do your employees argue with each other?

If you feel like your employees argue with each other on a regular basis, then it’s worth monitoring them and trying to settle disputes. When employees argue with each other and no senior member of staff steps in to intervene, it can feel like their boss doesn’t care if they are at each other’s throats. You can strengthen your team with performance management services, or take them to team-building events and activity days. Your team is a vital part of your business’s success, so remember to strengthen that bond.

Do your employees look stressed out?

You should never give too much work to your employees and overwork them. A loyal employee will gladly take overtime for the extra money and the chance to help out the business they work for, but you should never abuse this kindness because overtime is additional work that they don’t have to engage in. If you start to force your employees to do overtime, then back off and give them some room. Don’t ever be a boss that pushes extra work on people, give your employees some space or else they’ll get fed up and leave.

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Do your employees call in with problems more often?

This can often be a sign of discontent with your workplace, staff members, the job or a combination of all three. While your employees are entitled to sick dates and taking breaks now and then, it should never feel like they don’t have time to work for your business or that they’re intentionally skipping dates. This might also be the sign of a lazy employee, but if they used to work hard and put in extra time, it could just be a sign that they’re growing tired of working for you. The best way to prevent this is to keep your employees motivated and make them feel like they’re part of a team that appreciates them.

Forget about your office for a moment, and think about how you personally would design the perfect space in which to work and play. What would it look like? The chances are that it wouldn’t look much like modern offices today with all their fluorescent lights and gray paint. No – it would be colorful, well designed and bright – an environment that was conducive to human flourishing on a basic level.

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Companies realize that the old ways of constructing offices just aren’t appropriate in the modern world and don’t cater to modern forms of work. Work today isn’t repetitive and dull. It’s creative, dynamic and challenging, and it requires an office to match.

Here we’re going to look at how different people have experimented with design in their offices to foster creativity and haul their business out of the 19th century, Victorian factory model.

Let Your Employees Bring Their Own “Stuff”

It turns out that you probably don’t need to do all that much to make your workplace a more human and playful place for your staff. All you need to do is open the floodgates, and they’ll find a way to fill the space.

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Personal artifacts not only enliven dull spaces, but they also help people act like themselves which helps to foster creativity. When people feel as if they are able to act more naturally, you build authenticity, which in turn fosters closer collaborative partnerships between team members.

Be The Anthropologist

The advice from top office suppliers, like Arnolds Office Furniture, isn’t to constantly ask employees about what they’d like changed about their office. Instead, it’s to simply observe their behavior and see what’s working and what isn’t. Suppose for example that you’ve got four “chill out” seats in your office where employees can go to mull over their ideas and think outside of the box. If you simply ask your employees whether there are enough of these seats, they’ll probably answer in the affirmative, out of pure habit. But if you watch them, then you may discover a need you weren’t previously aware existed. Perhaps four chairs aren’t enough, and your employees require six or more.

Use The Concept Of Urban Zoning

Top office planners say that the concept of zoning is critical for generating a creative space. Like a thriving city, a well-planned office needs different zones for eating, for privacy and for working with the rest of the team. The key with zones is to make them flexible. Employees need to be able to take advantage of different spaces for different purposes.

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Make Use Of Iconic Objects

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Many innovative companies make use of iconic objects, like motorbikes on the wall or giant stuffed bears. Why do they do this? Well, according to Inc., it’s so that they can create a mood in their office that reflects the personality of the company. Office managers want to inspire their employees to be more creative will often include dramatic props, just like you might see in an artist’s studio. These props help to create links in the mind that would have otherwise remained dormant.