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The culture that you create and cultivate in your business says a lot about your brand. One of the most important, yet overlooked, aspects of running any business is that of employee engagement and employee morale. There are different ways to engage with your staff members, to ensure that they are happy in their work, productive, and see a long-term future with your company. Happy staff leads to better standards, higher staff retention rates, and makes your company more attractive to potential new hires, better talent, and potential investment in the long-term.
Could a coffee culture help you get that productivity boost that you are looking for?
Benefits of a Coffee Culture for Employee Engagement
Coffee culture brings with it a range of benefits for employee engagement. Installing a coffee machine for office use is one of the best ways you can create an authentic coffee culture that engages with your employees.
Boosting Morale and Productivity
Simple, quick access to high-quality coffee is a good way to ensure your staff members are fully energised and remain focused on tasks throughout the day, boosting levels of productivity. It is also a time saver for staff, as it means there isn’t a need for employees to leave the premises to go buy coffee from a coffee shop.
Encouraging Social Interaction
Encouraging social interaction as part of a deliberate cultivation of a coffee culture is a fantastic way to build a collaborative and supportive workplace. It might seem like a small thing, but a coffee culture helps employees to get to know each other, which in turn helps to build a team ethic, a happy workforce, and promotes a sense of belonging in the workspace.
Enhancing Employee Well-being
A coffee machine in the office, or even a reception coffee machine to sit with the front desk staff members at the start or end of the day, helps to enhance employee well-being and a convivial atmosphere that is genuine and bonds people together. A happy workplace is a great thing for a business long-term.
Steps to Implement a Coffee Culture
Providing a quality coffee experience for your employees, your suppliers, and customers, can go a long way to improving morale and enhancing the reputation of your brand.
Setting Up a Coffee Station
Smart machines that are user-friendly are always advantageous, as they are incredibly easy to operate and require minimal training. Simple use and reliability are key factors. The last thing you need is an awkward, complicated coffee machine that takes ages for new hires to learn how to use. It sucks the fun out of that morning coffee break!
Offering a Variety of Coffee Options
A delicious cup of coffee is what your staff members are looking for, but each person has their own tastes. Ensure that you choose a coffee machine that offers variety, whether that’s in the form of an espresso option, Americano, lattes, and don’t forget the decaf option. An eco-friendly solution with machines that have recyclable capsules or pods helps to reduce the carbon footprint of your coffee culture and enhances your ‘green’ brand reputation, which is attractive to many modern workers.
Organising Coffee-related Events
Once you have the coffee machine in place it can become the place where friends meet at break time, where coffee can be made to assist with meetings and brainstorming, and where customers and suppliers are met with a fresh welcome and a hot cup of coffee. You can also organise coffee-related events, such as coffee mornings where you can ask staff to bake and bring in cakes, raise money for charity, or just as a regular (genuine) break from work as an incentive to hit targets.
Tips for Sustaining a Thriving Coffee Culture
A high-quality coffee culture in the workplace is a simple thing that you can do as a business owner. It can have a massively positive impact on staff morale, employee engagement, and satisfaction. The best way to ensure that this thriving coffee culture is sustained is to look after the coffee machines that you have purchased and installed. Regular cleaning routines should be implemented, as well as simple training on how to use the machines for staff members. Look at different types of coffee and flavours that you can bring into the workplace, involve staff so that they will buy into the coffee culture and want to be part of it.
Conclusion
Commercial coffee machines can make a big difference when installed in a workplace environment. Creating and maintaining a coffee culture is a great thing for a company to do, helping to forge strong bonds between employees that help to boost productivity, create a friendly, trusting environment, and makes your company an attractive place to work when retaining staff and hiring new talent.
