Category Archives: Workplace Strategies

Workplace Strategy is the dynamic alignment of an organization’s work patterns with the work environment to enable peak performance and reduce costs… Anika Ellison Savage

Workplace Strategies To Raise Employee Engagement

Employee engagement is one of the most important priorities that any business can foster. It is what keeps excellent employees interested in working for the company and can also help improve productivity and revenue as well. For the most part, attempts to raise employee engagement revolve around rewards that can be offered to employees. However,… Read More »

Creating an Agile Workspace; a Growing Trend

With large corporations like Google, Facebook, and Twitter leading the way, more and more businesses are leaning toward adopting a more agile workspace environment.  Eschewing the more traditional office format of individual offices and partitioned spaces, forward-thinking business owners are looking for open spaces which allow for greater flexibility of their creative teams and the… Read More »

Key Principles of Office Space Planning

Thoughtful office space planning will: enhance job satisfaction and employee engagement, foster recruitment and retention of top quality employees, create a sense of community, provide functional environments for staff performing diverse duties, encourage interaction and teamwork, convey a sense of workplace equality through consistent distribution of space, provide flexibility in adapting to changing business conditions,… Read More »

Increase Employee’s Productivity With Exceptional Office Space Design

Exceptional office design isn’t something most entrepreneurs think a lot about. After all, you are busy running your business and just want a place to get it done. Things such as marketing, customer relations, and expansion can make office space design seem unimportant, but it is very important in meeting the full potential of your… Read More »

Four considerations when planning your office space design

Part of our job as an office tenant rep is to help guide our clients into office space that is ideal for their business. There are many decisions to make along the way. Office space design is one we get involved in frequently.  It can make a huge difference to the bottom line. Your office space… Read More »

Office Hoteling: 4 Factors to Employee Acceptance

In an effort to cut costs, more and more companies are turning to office hoteling software. Office hoteling involves assigning workspace on an “as needed” basis rather than permanently, and requires fewer resources in order to implement. Offices that have implemented office hoteling policies typically reduce their office space needs by 30% to 50% from… Read More »

The 3 C’s to Creating a Great Office Space Design

While there is more than just office space design and layout considerations to maximizing employee engagement, poorly designed office space can be a very negative factor that will directly affect the bottom line. The coworking  workplace concept may be a forerunner of the future work-styles, but it is today’s integration of three C’s in office… Read More »

Creating an Agile Workplace: Overview

An agile workplace is one that is constantly changing, adjusting and responding to organizational needs. Agility requires a dynamic relationship between employees, management, work and the workplace as well how work productivity gets measured. Many companies are now finding that in order to attract and retain the best and the brightest, they need to rethink… Read More »

Leasing Office Space In New York City

If you are looking for office space in New York City there are a lot of things you will need to consider. Leasing Office Space In New York City can be very challenging if you unfamiliar with the idiosyncrasies of the office market there. New York is a very popular office space market and the suppliers… Read More »

The Latest Science Of Workplace Productivity

There is a whole branch of science devoted to getting things done. Workplace productivity studies have helped prove once and for all what some of the best workplace configurations are and why. Workplace productivity is something that can be enhanced and controlled as it turns out. Understanding the elements that can be controlled is what… Read More »

Vibes’ Great Chicago Office Space

From the multi-colored pinstriped wall to the meeting rooms named for colors, there’s no question that Vibes’ corporate headquarters in Chicago are designed to be high-energy. This mobile marketing company has given a lot of thought, not just to color, but also how to sustain the energy level and support the creativity of this technology… Read More »

5 Important Workplace Productivity Considerations

Workplace productivity depends on more than pep talks, motivational speakers, and the occasional pat on the back. While these can help, there are five important Workplace Productivity Considerations to consider when selecting office space that can help boost productivity. As you view your office space, or as you shop around for new space, think about… Read More »

Efficient Office Space Design: It’s About Your Employees

A new age is upon the business world when it comes to office space design. Efficient use of office space is the name of the game when it comes to developing an office that really gets things done. However, the efficient use of office space may come in more creative ways than you have imagined.… Read More »

Great Chicago Office Space: Feels Just Like—or Better Than—Home

When it comes to Chicago office space there are some unique offices that help in making employees stay engaged and feel like sticking around by making the workplace irresistible. Most of us have heard about Google’s slide, and imagined what our own offices would be like if they came with a game room. But what… Read More »

Innovating in Seattle Office Space

New, innovative businesses looking for Seattle office space sometimes are unable to get off the ground for the most old-fashioned of reasons. Leaders with innovative ideas are usually focused only on the ideas, rather than recognizing the importance of the nuts and bolts of setting up an office, paying the bills, and otherwise creating a… Read More »

5 Tips to Improve Office Space Efficiency and Productivity

By improving office space efficiency, you can also improve employee morale and you’ll more than likely see an increase in employee engagement and productivity. An increase in productivity means an increase in profits and improved operations. Here are 5 helpful and useful tips to improve your company’s office space efficiency : Natural Light – Sunshine… Read More »

Great Atlanta Office Space Focuses on Environment and Employees

When the architecture firm HKS, Inc., moved into the top floor of Atlanta’s Peachtree Tower, they were taking advantage of the recession to acquire top notch space and great views at less-than-stellar prices. When they set about their interior design work, they set their sights on a LEED Gold certification, which helped them save even… Read More »

CBRE Converting to Free Address Work Spaces

You would think that having an assigned work space would be very important for people who work in commercial real estate. However, some commercial real estate brokerages are finding that “free address” work spaces make sense. Here is how one commercial real estate brokerage firm is making this new office space workplace strategy  work for… Read More »