Workplace Culture Assessments

Workplace culture audits are not easy !!

Its time to look at what makes your workplace a great place to work or a toxic place to work and what remedies need to be implemented to make your organisation an “employer of choice”

Workplace culture is more so now more about just what happens in the office but look at the workplace holistically.

Facilities practices to manage spread of viral infection

Our process to manage the spread of Viral Infection such as COVID-19 should have an emphasis on:

• disinfectant rather than merely cleaning based practices.

• encouraging the social distancing obligations.

• proper and regular hand cleaning.

• use of medical grade masks.

• disposable gloves where appropriately required in high infection risk activities.

  Remember:

• never mix cleaning chemicals and detergents, or chemical-based products with natural-based chemicals such as vinegar-based detergents.

• only use disinfectant products containing at least 62–71% ethanol, 0.5%hydrogen peroxide or 0.1% sodium hypochlorite as studies have found that these products can remove a virus within one minute.

Don’t be mislead by some of the tales, the New England Journal of Medicine study has revealed that people may acquire the coronavirus through the air and after touching contaminated surfaces. 

Scientists discovered the virus is detectable for up to:

• 3 hours in the air.

• 4 hours on copper.

• 24 hours on cardboard

• two to three days on plastic and stainless steel story online can make all the difference.

Are You Receiving Questions on Your Office Air-Conditioning?

If you are in a B-Grade or C-Grade office building then concerns around air conditioning flow rates and noise levels could be of concern to your employees. Make sure you have the answers.

Do you know the types of air conditioning filters that are used in your building air conditioning system?

If you cant answer these questions speak to our Facilities Management experts who will advise on the best way to know your air conditioning system is complaint and you can answer all of these questions if concerns are raised by your people.

Working From Home Is Not For Everyone

Just because we have lived through the COVID pandemic in 2020, does not really change the fundamentals of how and where we work.

The pandemic has certainly placed a focus on social distancing, spatial awareness and quality and standards of cleaning and hygiene which was long overdue.

Lets not forget within the last decade there have been many organisations that have insisted their employees return to the office to increase the levels of collaboration and productivity as share price and overall company profits softened at best.

The lessons of the past should not be forgotten.

Are We Really Working More Flexibly Than Pre-Covid?

Are we really working more flexibly than pre COVID, by observation, I would say no. What?, I hear you say.

Many people often worked only in the office or one location, now the office has been replaced with them working from home the majority of the time.

In many utilisation studies that have been conducted in the last few years, somewhere between 35% and 55% of employees worked flexibly from a variety of locations during the working week.

This post COVID statistic is much the same, however the only difference is that the location has changed. So do organisations need to encourage and educate people on how to truly work flexibly I say, the answer is yes. How to change peoples’ patterns that they work from a certain location or in a certain setting for the task at hand is essential. Couple this with how to maximise the technology tools that are available to employees.

Organisations that wish to have a successful flexible working model are now conducting assessments on how to educate their people on how to truly maximise the benefits of this as a part of their role in the post COVID-19 environment.

A successful flexible working model also maintains workplace culture, workplace identity and retention of people.

Does Your Tenant Rep really have the goods in a Post Covid World?

What many clients now need in a post COVID world from their tenant rep is a universe more complex than what the requirements were post the pandemic.

Can you tenant advisor provide you with the required social distancing and COVID19 compliance advise?

Does your tenant advisor have the know how to discuss with landlord representatives on compliance with air conditioning flow rates under the Australian Standards?

Does your tenant advisor understand your changing needs from base building services and have those hard conversations with your landlord that will be most beneficial to your organisation not just from a cost perspective but a safety perspective for employees returning to the office.

These are just a few of the skills that the new age, post COVID19 tenant advisor now needs to have along the the traditional negotiating skills of the commercial terms.

Watch out for the upcoming Workplace Experience Podcast on this topic.