Ways To Make Your Workplace Lively

Do you feel a heavy weight in your stomach every morning when you wake up to go to work? It is probably because the atmosphere at your workplace puts you off. A dull office atmosphere can really sap your spirits. Whereas a lively workplace adds to your performance for sure. If you can make your workplace lively and welcoming, then your work productivity will surely increase.

Most of the times you need to do some very obvious things to brighten up your workplace and make it lively. Instead of going and working in the same dull office desk every day, try something different to motivate yourself and others. Your workstation or your office desk should have positivity not boredom.

Here are some simple yet effective ways to make your workplace lively.

Office Desk

Personalize Your Office Desk

The trouble with your workstation is that it does not reflect your personality. Treat your office desk as your home. It should be a place where you truly belong because you spend 8 to 9 hours of the day here. Add personal touches with photographs, cartoons and the posters of your role models to your work desk to customise it according to your taste.

Keep A Fish Bowl

Fish is very good for increasing concentration. If you look at the movements of the fish in the bowl, it will help you focus. It helps in relationship building process with your workplace. You will be tempted to go to office to see your cute fishy!

Put Up Some Mottos

You can write up some funny banners that reflect your team targets and personal goals. Hand these banners at prominent places where you can see them. It will have an inspiring and personalising effect on your workstation.

Add Team Photos

There is nothing like a bit of positive camaraderie to make work interesting. Click pictures of your team outings and lunches. Frame them with interesting captions and put them up in your bay. This helps build team spirit.

A Touch Of Colour

Most offices are drab menagerie of greys and whites. You can add a dash of colour to dullness with colourful pictures, magazine cut-outs and posters. But don't forget to take permission of your administrative department before you decorate your office desk.

These are some cool ways to make your workplace lively and increase your work productivity in no time. Have you tried any of these tricks at your office desk?

Story first published: Monday, May 27, 2013, 18:54 [IST]
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