As a small business owner, you’ll know that the productivity of yourself and your staff is at the very heart of your success. Sometimes we all can suffer creative lulls and feel unproductive at work. If you want to enhance productivity within your company, you’ll want to have a look at these top tips to success.

 Environment 

 The spaces in which we work have a significant effect on how productive, creative and relaxed that we are. If your employees are demotivated, one of the easiest things that you can do to change this is to enhance your working environment. 

 Ensure that your office space is de-cluttered so that there is no sense of claustrophobia or chaos. Choose sleek furniture that’s ergonomic and comfortable and invest in office plants to cleanse the air and boost people’s moods. Make certain that the space is full of natural light to boost endorphins and choose colour schemes that are calming to promote relaxation. Construct open-plan and inviting spaces whereby people can work collaboratively or take a break with some ping-pong or healthy snacks. If your rental office space isn’t suited to your needs, you can look to suitable commercial property for sale to find something ideal. Buying an office space is also an excellent investment long-term. 

Tool-up 

 Technology provides us with ample solutions to boost our productivity. There are a number of tools out there today that you and your team can use to help manage your time and deadlines. Monday.com, for instance, is a tool whereby your employees can organise and manage your work and deadlines plus collaborate together on joint projects. In addition to this, tools like StayFocusd can help you to manage your time by limiting the amount of time that you spend on time-wasting websites that are not associated with your work. Another great app to help you stay on track during the working day is ToDoist. 

 Encourage regular breaks  

 Sometimes, employees are not keen to take breaks because they would prefer to get all their work done so they can leave earlier! However, the fact is that when you hit a creative lull, productivity can be increased by taking a step back and having a rest to gain some clarity. In addition to this, provide employees with advice about how to best use their breaks in order to properly relax and recharge. Good advice to make the most of breaks at work include: having a gym or yoga session to get some endorphins pumping; practicing a creative hobby like drawing or writing to aid the imagination; or taking a walk amongst nature to relax.

 When you’re doing the same role day in and day out it can sometimes be hard to keep up the morale! Ensure that you remind yourself and your team of everyone’s strengths and achievements to give people the positive boost they may need. As well as this, create company events whereby people can network and inspire each other with their knowledge and expertise.