As we enter December and creep ever closer to the Christmas
break, employee attention can begin to slip as your workforce becomes
increasingly distracted by their plans for the festive period and general
eagerness for the relaxing break. Providing your workforce with this break
during the holiday season is highly important to their health, wellbeing, and
job satisfaction, but it is important to ensure that they don’t switch off too
early and compromise operations in the run up to the holidays, when workloads
can often rise in order to cover for the absence of the workforce.
There are many techniques you can use in order to keep
employees motivated and productive in the run up to Christmas, even if you do
allow them to slow down to some extent. These methods may include the setting
of realistic goals that gently remind the workforce that work remains to be
done while ensuring they don’t feel overly pressured to complete insurmountable
workloads, or the celebration of successes achieved over the course of the
year, placing emphasis on both team efforts and individual merit; this will
make your staff feel appreciated and encourage them to maintain this high
standard of work lest their downturn in performance be recognised and their
positive recognition lost. One often overlooked way of improving employee
attention in the build up to the Christmas break however is to decorate the
office to match the occasion; sure this can be tacky and off-putting if done
wrong, but if done correctly it can actually provide your workforce will a
much-needed boost.
By allowing your staff to get into the festive mood via the
addition of a few festive decorations, happiness and satisfaction will increase
throughout the workforce, which will thereby improve upon productivity and
negate the potential slump. A few garlands and bands of tinsel, other miscellaneous
decorations and - if you really want to go the whole-hog - a Christmas Tree,
can all serve as tasteful additions to the office environment. Going too far
however and completely covering your office in over-the-top decorations will
serve as little more than a distraction and ultimately have the opposite effect
to the one desired. Too much emphasis on the holidays can also create a mind-set
among employees that the break has already begun, and again have a negative effect
on attention and productivity. In simple terms, tasteful moderation is the key
to this endeavour.
Beyond simply decorating for Christmas, this time can also
be an excellent one for an office refit. Not only is the office largely empty
during this time thereby facilitating a simpler fit-out process with minimal disruption,
but the fresh environment will also help your workforce to return in the New
Year with renewed motivation and inspiration.
Sam Bonson
Sam
is an aspiring novelist with a passion for fantasy and crime thrillers. He is currently
working as a content writer, journalist & editor as he continues to expand
his horizons.
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