Have you ever wondered what you can do to make your workplace the best it can be? But you just can’t get started on any ideas? Yeah, me, too.
What makes a business Great! All the time! depends on who’s asking, who’s being asked, and when. American City Business Journals published various versions of its 2017 Best Places to Work in a variety of its targeted cities and included a bunch of ideas to help people find more peace and satisfaction at work.
Looking at life’s eight precious resources of self, time, effort, energy, emotion, intellect, property, and people, it’s obvious business people should look for perks in these slices of life’s pie that most enhance the optimal balance of the largest number and highest priority of those people, places, things, and ideas to and which and for and which our values make us responsible.
Examples can include:
- Flexible work schedules and/or unlimited paid time off as long as a worker remains available and their work objectives get done ahead of schedule, under budget, and right the first time around
- Group work spaces with break-out meeting alcoves or rooms that look like softer lounges more than windowless industrial conference rooms
- On-site temporary, part-time, or full-time kids’ spaces, with or without caregivers depending on how this perk is used
- Catered on-site food from ever-present snacks to individual or group meals consumed while either working or refreshing on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis or better yet offsite and including team members spouses and children to keep your entire big, happy family a big, happy family
- Hair and nail care, massages (by humans or equipment), and/or other physical fitness and wellness facilities and/or classes or events (walks, runs, body building competitions, serious debates or frivolous trivia contests) to keep your team’s body, mind, and spirits in good shape
- Personal electronic device allowance for employees initially and on their every second or third anniversaries
- Social service opportunities including time off for individual and team volunteering and organizing volunteering events
- Mentoring including from near constant direct in-person contact with direct subordinates to periodic motivational and educational texts, emails, podcasts, and educational video
These are just a few ideas. What’s your contribution to this discussion?