In case you missed it, 卫生局局长办公室发布了一份关于工作场所和心理健康的报告,题为The U.S. Surgeon General’s Framework for Workplace Mental Health & Well-Being.“该报告指出,工作场所的心理健康和福祉是公共卫生的优先事项,因为它影响到一切,包括个人, their families, their communities, organizational productivity, business results, and the nation as a whole.
该报告确定了五个主要领域,称为工作场所心理健康的五个要素 & Well-Being, which are Protection from Harm, Connection & 社区,工作与生活的和谐,工作中的重要性,以及成长的机会. With these Five Essentials in mind, organizational leaders can strengthen and update programs, policies, 工作场所的一般做法关注员工的心理健康和幸福. 这份报告也很有见地,告知最新的实物房地产, workplace design, 以及为更好的员工体验服务的投资组合.
我们阅读了这份报告,并确定了值得您在下一个办公室设计和房地产规划中考虑的顶级房地产和工作场所设计方法,以支持这五个要点.
Understanding the Essentials
第一个基本原则是,人们需要在工作场所有一种积极的安全感. 工作场所安全是指所有员工都处于一个健康安全的365买球中, protected from harmful and adverse conditions. This essential covers physical and psychological safety. Specifically, 心理安全努力保护员工免受偏见, discrimination, emotional conflict, and discrimination.
The core components are:
- Prioritize workplace physical and psychological safety
- Enable adequate rest
- Normalize and support
- 实施多样性、公平、包容和可及性(DEIA)规范、政策和365买球网
员工需要一些社会支持和归属感. Social support aids in physical and psychological safety, emotional support, information and connection, and combats isolation. 归属感有助于在工作和社区中成为更重要的一部分.
The core components are:
- Create cultures of inclusion and belonging
- Cultivate trusted relationships
- Foster collaboration and teamwork
这推动了员工对自主权和灵活性的需求. 创建一个自主和灵活的平台可以提高员工的满意度和保留率. 提供自主权和灵活性向员工发出信号,表明组织在工作的方式和时间上有自由,并尊重健康的界限.
The core components are:
- Provide more autonomy over how work is done
- Make schedules as flexible and predictable as possible
- Increase access to paid leave
- Respect boundaries between work and non-work time
组织采取的行动和意图必须有助于员工的尊严和意义. 使员工更有使命感和工作的重要性. 这些意图也有助于提高生产力和激发创新.
The core components are as follows:
- Provide a living wage
- Engage workers in workplace decisions
- Build a culture of gratitude and recognition
- Connect individual work with organizational mission
Employees endeavor to acquire knowledge and gain new skills, 哪些有助于个人和组织在短期内的成长,并在长期内加强社区. A desire for learning and accomplishment is critical.
The core components are as follows:
- Offer quality training, educating, and mentoring
- Foster clear, equitable pathways for career advancement
- Ensure relevant, reciprocal feedback
How to Implement these Essentials in the Workplace
Now that we see the importance of these essentials, it’s time to update our workplaces to foster these concepts. KGO的战略和咨询团队就如何更新您的空间提出了四点建议,以保持这些要点.
Set a Logical Flow, Circulation, and Zones for Work & Restorative Needs
During planning phase of your office design, 确保人流和循环引导人们进入特定的工作区域, communal, and social spaces, which will contribute to a sense of physical safety. 这样做的目的是把办公室设计得离员工不远, disconnected, or too remote, which would comprise their safety.
Additionally, careful planning will uncover ways to implement major work, collaboration, social, and restorative areas that are logical, usable, and accessible to all employees. 这在宏观层面有利于整体设计布局,在微观层面有利于社区空间的安排.
规划和分区你的办公室设计并不需要密集的办公室, cubicles, and conference rooms. 这种方式的致密化并不能提高占用率和利用率. In fact, planning zones with a mix of work, collaborative, social, 与超密集的办公室布局相比,恢复性区域的员工利用率高出8%至13%.
Implement a Variety of Spaces
Different tasks require different environments. By offering a variety of spaces, such as open collaboration areas, private meeting rooms, quiet zones, and relaxation areas, 员工可以灵活地选择最适合自己需求的空间. This can help improve their well-being, reduce stress, 并通过创造有利于集中工作的365买球来提高工作效率, collaboration, and creativity.
When planning your office, 专注于提供各种支持一般生产力的空间, collaboration, socialization, learning, restorative time, brainstorming, deep thinking, and focus. 此外,员工可以有空间找到避难所,集中注意力,并练习个人正念.
As an added bonus, 创造一个满足不同工作风格和偏好的工作场所有助于提高员工的敬业度和满意度. 当员工觉得他们的工作365买球支持他们的需求和偏好时, they are more likely to be motivated, engaged, and satisfied with their job. 反过来,这可以提高保留率,鼓舞士气,提高员工的整体幸福感.
Support Your Desired Sense of Community
When done well, 工作场所的设计可以传达员工是重要的, contributes to employees’ felling of dignity, conveys an emotionally intelligent experience, 并有助于在组织和个人层面上传递一种强烈的使命感.
在最初的规划过程中,定义和确定组织的各个方面,这些方面应该出现在设计所需的社区意识中,这是至关重要的. Qualities for the sense of community, such as celebrative, collegial, communicative, and promoting a sense of choice, 是否应该尽早考虑并重新审视以确保在设计过程中满足这些品质.
Understand Employee Occupancy & Utilization Rates
Before the pandemic, 公司和机构的入住率和利用率在70%至80%之间达到峰值. Post-pandemic, 员工对办公空间的使用是根据最适合执行特定工作任务的地方而变化的.g., at home, remotely, or in the office).
考虑到占用和利用的规划可以帮助为这种工作设定方面, restorative needs, 和社区意识,办公室应该为员工服务. 最终的结果是提供一个员工渴望的365买球和氛围, 对于何时以及在多大程度上扩大办公室以满足未来的增长,要考虑得更周到.
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