Planning a quality Executive Office environment is more than just creating a “nice” working environment, but is an essential to provide a healthy, safe and creative place to be.
High specification desks and well designed seating are not just aesthetically pleasing but are essential. When a substantial number of working days are lost through ailments such as repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and back pain, the design of Desks, Seating, Storage Furniture and the overall Office Environment are not just “nice to have’s” but essentials.
The Health and Safety Executive in the United Kingdom indicates that about one sixth of working time lost through sickness is due to back pain, and this applies to 80% of the UK population.
For the average earning worker this equates to an annual loss of employee time along with the financial implications. Once you extend this to Company Executives and the significance of their individual contributions to the company, the costs multiply significantly and could result in business collapse.
This is why the use of quality furniture is so essential in the Executive Office. Providing one high quality chair is not an expense but a valuable investment.
When creating the Executive Office, with so much at stake, consideration of the threat of the financial effect of getting the design wrong is of vital importance and adequate risk assessment of the consequences of getting it wrong are critical.
Taking these issues into account are the necessary precursors in creating working spaces for Key Executives.
Warren Buffett describes his daily excursion as “tap dancing to work” which is how most caring organisations would like to feel their employees regard their working experience. Careful design of working spaces can provide the first of these “dance steps” by quality furnishing with Desks, Chairs, seating, storage, lighting and decoration to enable to right environment to increase productivity, reduce absence and give joy in the workplace.
Making the right decision when changing or creating a new working area can prove to be the most effective investment towards a healthy company.
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