Office tips

Make your Office Work for you: Top Tips

You spend approximately one third of your adult working life in an office and you spend half of your waking time there. Your office environment should be a place of passion, warmth, comfort, stimulation, productivity, relaxation, fun, joy. It shouldn't be a cold faceless clock in clock out, artificial environment.

Office tips: things to think about

A professional environment doesn't have to be heart less, cold or artificial
Pets and/or plants add contact with nature and interaction (check with landlord and allergy sufferers)
Natural light is essential - a window less room is not good for well being. Natural Ventilation ie opening windows are a massive beneift too.
Internal glass offices look great, but badly planned and without ventilation, they become landlocked and airless.
Think about semi private spaces with acoustic padding on walls or padded meeting pods
Places for break out - down time, social, client meetings
Book shelves, library, filing, storage, photocopier etc can either be incorporated into individual desks or centralised
Reception, meet and greet, separate customers from office. Screening works, but try not to isolate the receptionist!
Don't give away the offices' only window to a space that's rarely used.

Location

Factors to think about when choosing an office location.

Visibility to target client
Prestigious address-is it relevant?
Grants available for address?
Transport and parking for you, clients and staff-can non drivers get to an out of town business park?
External recreation space and views on to it
natural light, ventilation