{"id":300,"date":"2019-06-10T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/?p=300"},"modified":"2019-06-03T12:08:42","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T16:08:42","slug":"5-strategies-to-improve-and-increase-productivity-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/5-strategies-to-improve-and-increase-productivity-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Strategies to Improve and Increase Productivity at Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When it comes to the workplace, productivity can come and\ngo. Employees work hard to maintain and make sure a business strives, grows,\nand continues to succeed. However, there can be times when employee\u2019s loose\nmotivation or don\u2019t feel appreciated. With this, productivity decreases. Here\nare 5 tips on how to keep your employees engaged, motivated, feeling\nappreciated, and healthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communication<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most important part of a successful business is communication.\nA business can\u2019t run efficiently if the communication is off within\ndepartments. Setting some time to ensure every department is communicating with\neach other and getting things done can only be beneficial. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maintaining open lines of communication flowing through the\nentire company will ensure productivity and efficiency. When the team or teams,\nknow what needs to be done and expresses clearly and specifically what is\nneeded from who, chances are things will be done quicker with much better direction.\nWith this, there is also little issues between employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Training<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maintaining a routine of company trainings is ideal for little refreshers. At ecoprintQ<\/a>, a PaperCut authorized solution center, also partnered with Umango, the software programs we provide are often being updated. New versions are released every few months, meaning our teams need to be up to date with the latest features. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trainings for these new releases are created to ensure\neveryone is up to par with the latest. Not only does this allow us to be\nprepared, but as tech people, we get excited about learning new features. We\ncan also take a little break and have some snacks like donuts brought in for\ntraining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Building <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teamwork makes the dream work. Finding time for team\nbuilding exercises is extremely important when working with multiple\ndepartments. Sometimes those departments must interact with each other, so it\u2019s\nimportant to maintain a bond. Take the team out for a fun activity or create\none in the office. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When employees have time to learn to work together and grow\ntogether, their communication becomes much better. With this, work flow and\nproductivity increase. With trust and open communication, work gets done more\nefficiently.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Encourage Self-Care <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mental health isseriously\noverlookedat most workplaces. What\nbetter way to show your employees you care by encouraging self-care? We\u2019re all\nhuman. Stress is inevitable, so if you allow for your employees to work in a\nhigh stress environment, productivity will go out the window. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduce a 15 minute a day meditation session, where\neveryone just takes 15 minutes to meditate or take a breather. Allow for\nemployees to take a day off every month just to get away for a bit. Create a\nsign-out sheet to allow people to designate their days so not everyone takes\nthe same day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are just a few things that can be done to show\nemployees you care. Encouraging them to indulge in self-care is a huge one.\nEven allowing for an extra 30 minutes at lunch can go a long way. Often, those\nwho work 9-5\u2019s can become unhappy in their mundane roles. Remind employees how\ngrateful you are for their hard work by caring for their mental health and well-being.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Company Perks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A huge motivation for anyone to get work done is if there is\na perk. Apart from this, it allows you to be excited for work. Instilling a\nperks program boosts morale. It doesn\u2019t have to be anything crazy either. You\ncan offer a fully paid half day, a free lunch, or even an extra 30 minutes for\nlunch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Employees make or break companies. If they don\u2019t feel appreciated, trained properly, or aren\u2019t doing well, the company can take a huge hit. When business owners take the time to show how grateful they are for their employees, productivity will be high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

ecoprintQ is a PaperCut authorized solution center that is\nalso partnered with Umango, offering support for your printing, scanning, and\ncopying needs. Call us at 800-236-8499 or email us at sales@ecoprintq.com<\/a> to learn more\nabout PaperCut, Umango, and how we can help. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When it comes to the workplace, productivity can come and go. Employees work hard to maintain and make sure a business strives, grows, and continues to succeed. However, there can be times when employee\u2019s loose motivation or don\u2019t feel appreciated. With this, productivity decreases. Here are 5 tips on how to keep your employees engaged, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"zakra_page_container_layout":"customizer","zakra_page_sidebar_layout":"customizer","zakra_remove_content_margin":false,"zakra_sidebar":"customizer","zakra_transparent_header":"customizer","zakra_logo":0,"zakra_main_header_style":"default","zakra_menu_item_color":"","zakra_menu_item_hover_color":"","zakra_menu_item_active_color":"","zakra_menu_active_style":"","zakra_page_header":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,23,40],"tags":[8,5,3,128,185,4],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ecoprintq","category-papercut","category-umango","tag-authorized-solution-center","tag-ecoprintq","tag-papercut","tag-productivity","tag-productivity-in-the-workplace","tag-umango"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":316,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300\/revisions\/316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecoprintq.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}