Productivity is integral for a thriving business. However, motivating your employees to do their best at work, while ensuring their wellbeing is taken care of, is easier said than done.

An important aspect of employee productivity and wellbeing is ensuring the working environment provided is conducive to productive work. Without this, it becomes challenging to get your employees to work effectively, happily and to their full potential.

In this week’s guest blog post, Raymond Chui, shares ten ways you can improve your office environment to achieve a positive affect on your team’s productivity - from relaxation areas to up-to-date technology.

The pandemic’s impact on our workplace is clear to see, and its wider implications are only just beginning - the question is, what could your professional lives start to look like on our path towards the new normal?

As we journey along the government’s roadmap, a question of normality is a worthy one to ask. After all, does it make sense for us to return to the way things were before, or learn from our experiences over the last year as we move forward?

In this week’s guest post, Kayleigh Alexandra explores the following three lessons our workplaces must learn before entering the new normal:

1. Helping with employee travel expenses

2. Supporting wellbeing and avoiding burnout

3. Adopting cloud storage permanently

Working in a world beyond the pandemic is sure to feel different, however this needn’t be negative. Read on as we outline how workplaces can take the lessons they’ve learnt during the pandemic, and use them to improve the way they work in the long-term.

Have you ever felt low or noticed your mental health was suffering at work? If so, you’re not alone. In 2019 and 2020 there were an estimated 828,000 employees in the UK suffering from work-related anxiety, stress, or depression. This shocking statistic translates to 17.9 million lost working days.

While there is clearly a problem to be addressed here, the number is actually likely to be higher. The statistics collected are from the Health and Safety Executive and account for only self-reported cases of anxiety, depression and stress at work. This indicates that there are cases unaccounted for, as there are many people who do not talk about the state of their mental health at work.

With so many of us struggling at work, what can we do to spot the signs early on, learn to manage feelings of depression and help others if we see they need help?