Improving Office Culture
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- doesnotexist0
have one
have an opinion on how your office looks
be unorthodox in your desk layouts
be fun, have fun, allow fun
- doesnotexist0
i think there's also something to say about strict expectations on who's supposed to do what and who isn't. can definitely make it a shitty place to work when too many people act as art director's when their title on paper is project manager (example).
at smaller places this all gets thrown up into the air a lot of times (let's do it together! yay no accountability or seniority!).
- Amicus0
Some of these have been said before:
1. Reasonably strictly defined roles.
2. Variety of clients.
3. High expectations of quality.
4. Not too much overtime, and when necessary it is paid, and food and drink is supplied.
5. Spend some time out of the office with quality associated businesses or craftsmen – printers, finishers, letterpress, art museums, industrial design studios, architects etc.
6. Offices that don't feel like cubicles or are run-down. You should have pride in your workplace.
7. Employ happy people. Debbie downers ruin workplaces almost as quickly as a dog with diarrhoea.
8. Bring in some nature – natural light, plants, maybe a goldfish or extremely well behaved dog.
- stoplying0
If you're a boss, acknowledge and appreciate in a genuine manner the work that your employees do.
If you're an employee, accept that you can always learn something new, or can learn a better way to do something. You don't know everything.
Or you can always start a mandatory face punching club. Every Monday morning.
- dijitaq0
every month we have what we call a "lunch meeting", though it's basically just all of us having lunch together paid for by the company. employees take turn choosing which restaurant to go to.
- dbloc0
Snowboarding Trip!!
- dMullins0
One day I will write an impressively long post about all of the good and bad lessons learned running an agency for someone else the last 3 years. It's been awfully surprising the things that motivate, and the things that do not. I have learned volumes of stuff that will only improve my ability to run my own setup here shortly.
Top 3 Motivators:
• Stark variety of work and work-based challenges.
• Team collaboration over individual/independent work.
• Simple mentions of appreciation in front of co-workers/peers.Top 3 De-Motivators:
• Telling your employees too much about what's going on behind the scenes.
• Money. Believe it or not, money is not a motivator.
• Hierarchy. Hierarchy is a joke these days for small agencies.- I beg to differ about money. Extra numerals on my pay slip motivate me rather a lot.Continuity