In this presentation we will give you an insight into the top productivity tools that managers can use within an office. From office chat platforms to providing a brilliant coffee machine, there are many things that can be done to increase office productivity.
3. Asana
Here at Bibium we love Asana and
have each of our team members
using it daily to keep track of their
tasks. It’s an incredibly easy online
platform to use that allows you to
assign tasks to yourself and other
team members, along with deadlines
and requirements for the completion
of each task.
Create entire projects that are
relevant only to those working on
them, then put together a plan for
who is going to complete each task.
The comments section means you
can chase team members up on
outstanding tasks, check in on their
progress, or even suggest ideas on
how best to tackle each hurdle.
This software is an office manager’s
dream – you get to keep track of
everyone’s progress all in one place.
Yep, office productivity is as easy as
this.
4. Lounge
In today’s demanding & fast-paced world,
we’ve become addicted to visible progress
because we love to feel like we’re getting
somewhere and accomplishing something
all the time. The result is an attitude that
sees relaxing or taking breaks from work to
be inactive and unproductive.
Studies have shown this to be a misguided
approach to office productivity and instead
we should be taking proper breaks from
our day. When we say proper breaks, we
mean stepping away from our desks and
moving to an environment that’s different
to our usual work atmosphere, instead of
just scrolling through social media for a
few minutes at our desk.
Quiet lounge spaces are great for providing
your team with a place to go other than
the same desk they spend hours on end at.
These spaces often encourage greater
creativity and can often be where the best
ideas are formed.
We’re not for one minute suggesting that
every office should install a few hundred
bean bags and a slide like Google has, but
just take a look, we believe a few comfy
sofas away from the office rush can be just
the thing to promote office productivity.
5. Coffee Machine
Now here’s a way to improve office
productivity and please everyone in the
office. Yes – you can do both! It’s a well
known fact that caffeine provides you
with the boost you need on a sleepy
Monday morning.
Studies have shown that caffeine is likely
to improve your mental performance and
alertness, but, perhaps more
interestingly, can even enhance your
willpower. Okay, it’s starting to sound
like a mythical potion that everyone
wants to get their hands on – and that
may be half right.
Coffee has been linked to better office
productivity, but more importantly office
spaces with coffee machines are proven
to be more productive. Aside from the
fact that caffeine does increase mental
performance, office workers see on-tap
coffee in the office as a really nice
thing. It makes people excited to come
into the office if there’s great coffee on
offer Coffee machines these days are
also ab– especially as it’s saving them
£3+ each time they visit their local high-
street chain.
6. Still not convinced?
check out these coffee
facts below!
20% of workers who drink two cups of coffee
or more per day will stay an hour late, and
the number rises to 22.2% for those who
drink four or five cups.
In contrast, just 8.5% of non-coffee drinkers
are willing to stay an hour late, with similar
percentages for people who drink a single
cup each day.
A whopping 42.6% of people who drink four
or five cups will stay 45 minutes late,
compared to less than 15% of those who
shun coffee entirely.
More than 75% of the people we surveyed
rated the quality of the coffee at their work
as average or worse, suggesting there’s
massive potential for office managers to
impress their workforce.
