Wondering how to boost staff morale, encourage more team work and limit stress in the workplace? Maybe its time you got yourself an office dog.
Far from being a distraction, apparently pets, mainly dogs – can help colleagues get along better, reduce stress and raise efficiency! We thought we’d put the theory to the test by introducing design dog Dexter to the EWYE team.
Mans best friend has long been deployed for their therapeutic value in rest homes, hospices, shelters, children’s hospitals, even disaster zones! In the US they are allowed into court to help calm witnesses giving potentially traumatizing testimony.
So apparently pets at work can help employees relax, reduce heart rates and lower blood pressure, which can decrease absenteeism and improve staff morale – now that’s pooch power!
The appropriately named Professor Barker carried out a recent study “pet presence may serve as a low-cost, wellness intervention, readily available to many organisations and may enhance organisational satisfaction and perceptions of support. The differences in perceived stress between days dogs were present and absent were significant. The employees as a whole had higher job satisfaction than industry norms”.
Consequently dogs can be an important marketing tool, one architectural firm in London swears by their dog for winning over new clients! It’s hard not to be positive when a dog is smiling at you!
So, did bring your dog to work day increase productivity in the EWYE office…probably not. Did he share his creative insight with the team – of course he did!
Helene Turner
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