Redefining & Changing Company Culture To Better Support Your Staff

At the beginning of each new year, companies often take the time to redefine their company goals, values and search for ways to improve office culture. You might be thinking of new slogans or words to focus your team. You might be working on new initiatives and programs to encourage employee engagement and collaboration. But, have you considered your workspace could be inhibiting your efforts?

Office design often has a large impact on company culture and employee morale. It can also improve productivity. If you’re in the process of rebranding or re-alignment, then check out our blog listing ways to improve office culture with these office building design concepts.

Table of Contents
Resist The Urge to Go Fully Remote & Avoid Changing Office Culture
Evaluate Your Office's Amenities & Design Concept
Create Open Communication With Upper Management + Employees To Improve Office Culture
Positively Changing Company & Office Culture

Resist The Urge to Go Fully Remote & Avoid Changing Office Culture

Since the pandemic, fully-remote office transitions have become common. Many organizations are choosing to close down their offices and send employees home with computers. This can have a large impact on the current office work culture. We encourage a hybrid or full-time work environment as it can have better long-term results and improve office culture.

Understandably, many might not feel comfortable coming into the office on a daily basis, especially now. However, we shouldn’t ignore the many benefits of on-site collaboration in the post-pandemic world.

According to a study conducted by the Harvard Business Review, in-person meetings are often more effective than meetings via email and phone.

“Excellent blended management development experiences are essential foundations for both short- and long-term business success. The challenge going forward is to understand the enduring value of focused, face-to-face experiences and then leverage virtual ones to augment and extend them. While that blended future is still quite distant, companies will need to start considering what warrants face-to-face interaction and how to make the most of those precious opportunities.” - Harvard Business Review

Evaluate Your Office’s Amenities & Design Concept

With the option to work anywhere in the world, it’s important to include office amenities and features that your employees would love to boast about to their friends. Many offices are outdated with little to no sunlight. Employees may feel caged or trapped in their cubicles which can result in a decline in company morale, productivity, and increased turnover.

Adding high-tech and newer amenities including a stocked and community-focused kitchen, indoor or exterior green space, and flexible, ergonomic desks, and chairs, are just the start in improving and changing company culture. The twenty-first-century office should also come equipped with open-space meeting rooms filled with boards so employees can share ideas and collaborate with one another.

With the option to work from home at many companies, having excellent office amenities, and providing your employees with opportunities to enjoy the office and their co-workers will encourage and boost employee morale. Gone are the days of tall office dividers, outdated fax machines, and boring break rooms.

Not sure if your office building has enough space? Contact studioTECHNE and learn how we can work together to create an office design concept that fits you and your staff’s needs.

Create Open Communication With Upper Management + Employees To Improve Office Culture

A great way to create an open line of communication and improve office work culture is by eliminating the barrier between management and employees. The traditional office model is well-known for its large, spacious executive rooms, and factory-like, crowded center section. By making your office building design concepts open, and communicative, you can decrease the physical and communication barrier between management and staff.

Positively Changing Company & Office Culture

There are many ways to improve office culture (as we just discussed). While architecture and interior design aren’t the first go-to fixes, they can provide an excellent solution instead of applying a stopgap that might not work in the long run.

At studioTECHNE, we apply the process of thoughtful inquiry and conduct an in-depth, exploratory approach to ensure that the needs of you and your staff are fully being met from start to finish. We are dedicated to designing environments unique to each client. We apply creativity and strategic analysis to invent places that are dynamic and foster a culture of collaboration + innovation.

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