10 Powerful Tips to Help You Improve Employee Productivity Better

Sometimes, you employees need a little boost to make their productivity better. Pay raise and good culture works almost every time, but these are not something you can keep using all the time, or easily change.

Let’s look at 10 powerful tips to get your employee productivity better.

1. Go green.

There are countless studies benefits of placing live plants in your office. For example, plants can improve employee satisfaction and boost productivity by up to 15 percent. There’s also research that proved plants decreased sick days and increased productivity after they have been put to the workplace.

Before you head out and buy some plants, do consider the aesthetic and ease of care. Dead plants can backfire this easily. Some easy to care and in-door plants that are recommended to put in offices would be:

• Snake plant
• Corn plant
• ZZ plant
• Cactus
• Aloe vera
• Swiss cheese plant
• Bamboo

2. Fun Time, Game Time.

Who says work can’t be fun?

Scientists have found that playing video games can combat workplace stress and help peers develop friendships and connection. 

Playing game during employee’s break won’t interrupt work or progress. Hence, putting a gaming console in the office won’t be a terrible idea after all.

If you don’t like console, having a mini pool table or soccer table works well too.

3. Rest by giving power nap breaks.

It’s interesting how a 15 minutes power nap time can increase productivity, performance and retention.

If you let your employees take at least a 15minutes nap time break per day, their productivity would be much better.

Consider buying bean bags, pillows and even sofa beds to give your employee a comfortable break time spaces when they are tired, or suffocated by works!

4. Set a few unrealistic goals.

Setting SMART goals seem like a norm, but sometimes, being unrealistic can be both fun and adventurous.

Being unrealistic also means pushing your team to their limit. Thus, making them work harder and they are also forced to be more productive in order to achieve the goals, or at least 90% of the goal.

If this sounds overly aggressive, try it with your employees and watch the spark of creativity and focus burst into action. Ambitious goals will create a sense of urgency and motivate everyone within your company to take risks.

5. Everyone can use some humor.

Some organization can be too rigid and harsh environment to work in. While it’s good for a start, or during customers’ meeting, this often leads to stress and pressure over a long-term basis.

Adding a little humor to the office encourages people to be themselves. As a result, it can also increase productivity, reduce stress, boost morale and increase trust among co-workers.

The key here is not to offend anyone. Instead, you want to create a fun work environment where laughter is common. The best place to start is to get everyone to become more approachable and smile often.

6. Allow pets.

Having a pet-friendly office can improve teamwork and job satisfaction.

Pets can help to boost morale and create a positive vibe, especially for pet lovers’ employees. Not only that, it gives a common topic for everyone to talk about, and interaction.

If most of your employees are turn off by pets, then you can place animals’ pictures only instead. In fact, there’s actually one study found that viewing cute animal pictures can increase attention to detail and overall performance.

7. Cheer up the office with the sound of music.

Neuroscientists figured that playing a musical instrument is like giving your brain a complete workout. Not only that, listening to music alone can soothes up your mood, relax your mind and even encourage brave actions (depending on genre you’re playing).

You can either place a good speaker in the office or allow your employees to listen to their own music through headphones.

8. Aromatherapy.

Smell is the strongest of the senses and it is also best to influence brain activity. As such, filling your office with pleasant scents like lemon, lavender, jasmine, cinnamon, rosemary and peppermint, or any scent that majority of your employees’ love.

These aromas can help calm people down and at the same time, boost energy and focus. Some of them even contain anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal properties, meaning they can strengthen immune systems and keep everyone healthy

How many of these are already applied in your office?