By:Lauren Corbett
By focusing on making the atmosphere of your work environment more positive you will begin to see many benefits to making a few changes to the office routine.
- Build Trust: It’s about doing what you say you are going to do and being who you say you are. By showing each other you are; reliable, responsible, and accountable, you will, in turn, get the same back from others.
- Communicate positively and openly: Listen to everyone’s thoughts and feelings. This will make it easier to clarify what you need to be done and what you expect.
- Expect the best from your peers: By giving compliments to your co-workers and setting high standards for each other to live up to, chances are no one will want to let each other down.
- Create team spirit: Everyone wants to feel like they belong to something, so lose the competitive attitude and start cooperating with others.
- Give recognition and appreciation: By acknowledging when others have done a good job or you appreciate their hard work this helps boost their ego and they will be more likely to do it again.
- Be approachable: By allowing others to feel comfortable talking to you and asking questions you create a greater source of communication between the staff, which leads to the team unity.
- Create a positive physical environment: By having lots natural light, bright colors, clean workspace and room to create your individual workspace. Will make you feel more at home and motivated to work.
- Make it fun: Find reasons to celebrate together, like birthdays, and holidays. Creating events for the staff build a relationship between employees.
Source: Inside Jobs Coach
Try to incorporate these things at your workplace and see how everyone becomes more connected, creating an overall positive atmosphere that you want to be a part of everyday!
