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7 Ways To Keep Your Workplace Healthy And Active

Friday, September 12th, 2014

On an average, people spend 8-9 hours a day at work. This duration feeds on the most active part of the day, when a person’s mind is fresh after a good sleep and energy level is high. However, the energy level and the activeness start decreasing once the day starts moving forward. Then one is attacked by physical woes like headache, back pain, eye irritation, nausea, drowsiness and more. Certainly, these woes hamper the productivity levels and snatch life out of work.

Hence, it is necessary to take some measures to ensure that the workplace is healthy and active.

Here are some tips to make it possible.

–       Start with your desk. A clutter free desk makes the user’s mind free. Clean it up regularly. Don’t miss the cupboards and drawers. Categorize and arrange your things so that everything looks organized.

 

–       Dump the used paper or polythene sheets. Take the help of office support services to manage such dry waste in an eco-friendly manner.

 

–       Adjust the height of your chair according to the height of the table and laptop. Keep sufficient space for your hands and documents. There is a business centre that provides office space on rent in New Delhi, and has designed the interiors ergonomically. Every seat is attached with a backrest so that the users are able to maintain proper posture while working.

 

–       Take a look at the walls around your cubicles. Think of decorating them in a simple and innovative way. Use calendars that have motivational quotes; keep a board to pen down your ideas; paste the photographs of the event or award ceremony you have attended – think of other ways. There are many ready to move in offices that use soft boards on the desks to pin some funny pictures and posters for entertainment. Many also use TFT monitors to run live sports shows, matches, news etc.

 

Use vibrant colours as they not only add positivity to the environment but also illuminate the space reducing strain on eyes.

 

–       Keep a small green plant on your desk. Plants are known to produce oxygen and detoxify the indoor air. You tend to stay active and fresh because of them. Get some air-purifying plants that are available in the market.

 

–       Take a short break every two hours to either rest in the rest room or do some stretching exercises while sitting at your desk. Your muscles will be at ease. Most of the time problems related to health like headache, nausea etc occur due to poor air quality. The level of CO2 increases in a closed place like office where people and devices like AC work for hours.

 

During break time get up from your seat and take a small stroll to your compatible group’s place. Join them for discussions and fun. Well, don’t forget to keep a watch on your time.

What Are The Advantages Of Having A Library at Office?

Saturday, August 23rd, 2014

It’s a myth that library is a place where a lot of books from different sources and of different subjects are kept. The fact is library is a platform for enlarging the scope of knowledge and brainstorming with a lot of ideas. It is a section of the building where silence is the most important element next to the willing reader. They are not meant only for the schools and colleges. Offices too have them.

Why should an office have a library?

Library belts out a lot of advantages. Some of them are:

–          It welcomes the readers to open up their minds and add to their knowledge store. An office library contains more of magazines and books related to management, business, economy, skill enhancement, computers, engineering, annual reports in addition to those on life style and entertainment.

–          It is like a one-shop stop for different journals and newspapers. You will find an array of them.

–          It motivates you keep up the habit of reading which further leads to enhancement of vocabulary too.

–          No other part of the office is as calm and peaceful like a library.

–          The best part is if you want to read a topic later on during leisure, while travelling or while at home etc then you can issue it or photocopy the pages by using office support services. It saves your work time and interest.

Business centres have also started taking the concept of adding a library to their building, seriously. In fact in India, there are many business centres that provide office Space on Rent in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and other metro cities also have dedicated a section for library cum reading lounge.

Due to unavailability of space, many serviced offices have not yet introduced a section for the library. In such a scenario, the concept of a mini library would gel well. It refers to a tall and sleek rack of books that can be kept on every floor. If a building is of 5 levels than 5-6 tall racks can be accommodated in them. The concept of personalized online library is quite efficient for the ready to move in offices that fall short of space. Employees can enter the website by using their employee code, and then read the book online after selecting it. It seems viable.

The main idea is to make the employee more efficient, knowledgeable and creative.