Good morale in the workplace is massively important to the success of a business. If your employees aren’t happy, then productivity will begin to slip and people will begin to look elsewhere for work. There are different things that you can do to ensure that your employees are happy and feel valued, from creating family festivals and days out to offering free lunches – it doesn’t have to be an extravagant gesture, just something to show that you appreciate them.

4 Great Ways to Boost Morale in The Workplace

1. Free Lunch Friday:

Free lunch Friday is a great example of a really simple but effective gesture. Food is something that can bring people together and spark conversation, and the only thing that is better than eating food is if it is free. If you can spare an hour on a Friday, or even mid-week to break up the week, to bring in either a selection of sandwiches or order pizza, then this will create a relaxed environment where your employees will begin to unwind and come together to eat and laugh.   

2. Work-Family Festivals:

This is a more extravagant example of an incentive you can put in place to boost morale in the workplace. If you have the time and the resources to put together a family fun festival during the summer time, it will again create an environment where your employees can come together outside of the work environment – even if you just throw together a barbecue buffet, with a few family games and maybe some local bands this will be a fantastic team building opportunity. 

3. Play Music in The Office

This might seem like a really obvious example to create a good work environment, but if you push a little bit further and get to know the types of music that your employees like to listen to, then you can play a variety and make everybody happy. Playing the same radio station that repeats the same songs over and over again can be an atmosphere hoover and can be as bad as listening to no music at all!

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4. Early Finish Friday

By the time it’s Friday, everybody in the workplace is excited to start their weekend; to get away from work and switch off for a few days. What better way to make your employees happy than to allow them to begin their weekends a little bit earlier. This creates a lot of buzz in the workplace – even if it’s only an hour early, your employees will seriously appreciate it.