5 ways to boost engagement in the office

5 ways to boost engagement in the office

It’s nearing mid-year; winter is coming and engagement levels are dropping. It is said 1 in 3 Australian workers are disengaged. So how can you spice up your workplace to boost engagement? We have compiled 5 ideas you can easily implement to help re-engage your employees.

1. Snack station

The way to anyone’s heart is through their stomach! Having snacks available for employees can be a great way of boosting the mood! Having a canteen or snacks sold to raise funds for a cause is good for the stomach as well as the community. A few ways you can create a snack station is having a clear plastic display case to showcase the food on offer and a donation collection box, the perfect way to collect money and keep it safe.

2. Promote healthy habits

Working in an office environment can require employees to sit for long periods of time. This can cause aches, pains and tiredness. Sit-Stand desks are proven to assist with back pain and can also increase productivity, health and overall mood. Accompanied with a desk mat, employees will be free from all aches and pains!

3. Get interactive!

Implementing some interactive features in the workplace can help boost creativity and participation within the workplace. Having an interactive iPad/Tablet stand can be used to gather feedback from employees on how to improve the workplace. Even taking interaction back a few years and implementing a message board, whiteboard or a blackboard in the office for communal use can be a great way to foster ideas and interaction in the work place. Whether this is work related, ideas for the next team outing or simply a daily quote, it can help break up the day from the digital age we live in.  

4. Engaged employees are happy employees

Most jobs require employees to be professional and serious, to lighten the mood, add some fun to the workplace. Run competitions and raffles to engage workers and bring some entertainment to the workplace. Use a raffle box to draw a random employees name to win a prize or for high achieving employees create a prize wheel with the options of winning an extra 10 minute break, a coffee with the head of the department or free lunch! Engaged employees are happy employees.

5. Atmosphere is everything

Adding some atmosphere is an easy way to make work more enjoyable, it can be as simple as adding some greenery to the office with some plants! Or if plants don’t do it for you, maybe music will! Having a speaker playing some tunes can boost the atmosphere in the office and make work a whole lot more enjoyable.