Are your company’s productivity and efficiency just not making the cut these days? Are you worried about the potential of your operations and looking for ways to combat an unproductive workforce?
Productivity, although sometimes considered to be immaterial, is often what constitutes successful operations. Although it could be based on several other factors, it is wholly based on the employees of any company. Employees are a significant enough facet to warrant their own agencies and companies—and this isn’t specific to just one industry. There are a lot of agencies tapped by companies to boost workforce productivity, ranging from specialized fast-hiring agencies to construction-staffing companies.
Several factors come into play when one wants to improve workplace productivity.
1. Physical environment
This is essentially the most basic yet probably the most important factor to consider when improving workplace productivity. Some managers tend to wing it and assume a desk, chair, and computer are enough, but there is more to a workplace that meets the eye. One of the surprising factors to consider are temperature changes; make a room too hot or too cold, and it immediately takes a chunk out of employee productivity. Cold temperatures can deflate a person’s mood as well as their ability to work.
Building lighting is also something that managers don’t often consider. There have already been several studies detailing which types of light are the best for specific areas—all more interesting than the last.
2. Employee wellness
While this is a broad term that some even find controversial, an employee’s well-being is just as important as the company itself. And this all boils down to just the fact that a happy and healthy employee will go through more lengths to ensure efficient and productive operations. They’ll be less likely to procrastinate and more inclined to go the extra mile.
Another angle to this is the fact that caring about your employees’ health is an excellent way to humanize any company. It improves one’s image and overall standing. Employees are also human beings, not just tools one can utilize to an extent.
3. Processes
Processes are the keys to efficiency. They ensure team productivity and allows any company to define a specific sequence of steps to execute tasks successfully. Some companies make sure to establish clear-cut processes to ensure harmony in operations.
Some also use management applications and tools to easily keep track of any process that a company regularly does. Processes ensure systematic operations that provide a clear-cut way to go about things. It won’t do anyone any good if there is no system to be followed overall.
While the three previously stated factors are important things to consider, it is often up to the company to find out the specific mix of the three to fully maximize employee productivity. Some might find that the physical environment won’t matter as much so long as employees are healthy, satisfied, and keen on specific processes.
On the other hand, some companies make it a point to provide the best physical workplace before all else—prioritizing the environment as much as the people working in it. It all depends on what works for you since each company is inherently unique.
