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Sukhdeep Aurora, Chief People Officer – ANAROCK Property Consultants

The best companies attract the best talent, but the best talent also knows its value and will always have its sights on even better opportunities. This is why a top-ranking company will focus on employee retention at least as much as on acquiring right talent.

The fact that the best talent will be the most productive is more or less a given – that’s why they are the best. A company’s most productive employees will bring personal accountability and ownership to their work, so they know that their productivity is closely interlinked with their own career growth within the firm.

However, it goes without saying that an organization must also do everything it can to foster not only employee productivity but also satisfaction and a sense of being valued, and ‘belonging’. One of the primary means of doing this is by providing an enabling workplace environment. Adopting an open office plan can be one of the best ways of achieving this.

Open offices have their detractors – and, in many individual cases, some of the objections do have merit.

Sukhdeep Aurora, Chief People Officer – ANAROCK Property Consultants

Open offices are a new-age commercial spaces trend which is catching up across the globe, including in India. Improving wireless technology to suit changing business requirements is truly an enabler for this transformation.

Millennials and globe-trotters today account for a large and ever-increasing share of the Indian working population – they operate on a very collaborative wavelength and are, by and large, not at home in the traditional cubicles model that so far defined most Indian office spaces.

To cater to the evolving mindset of a Gen Next workforce – and to achieve better productivity and employee retention – an increasing number of progressive firms are now transforming their offices into trendy, happening, open spaces that promote innovation and collaboration.

Advantages of the Open Office Culture:

Employees can interact and collaborate easily, which not only improves productivity but also fosters a stronger sense of camaraderie
Colleagues can discuss and seek advice without scheduling formal meetings
Collaborative offices are vibrant spaces that emit positive energy and therefore uplift the innovation quotient
Making the spaces where employees spend a significant portion of their day more vibrant and energetic makes them look forward to hitting the office
Open offices reduce the cost of construction as walls,

How To Make The Open Office Plan Work

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