The best office layout for your business is the one that complements — and doesn’t hinder — the work you do. 

Remember, consumers are very, very skittish with businesses that do not appear to be able to do what they say they can do.   YOUR Office is the first image they have of your business.

Depending on the needs of your business, there are many different office layouts to choose from:

• Open and semi-private office layouts for businesses with employees who need more open space outside their private-office that enables them to work together on projects with others.
• Flex spaces (including shared workspace) for companies needing more modular type office space.  Sometimes having secondary computers placed in common open space allows business people the flexibility to offer freelancers or contractors to work on-premises instead of being remote.
• Closed offices and private suites have for the past three years become the preferred environment for business people who need more privacy.  Businesses who now benefit most from having a door on their office are creatives (artists, freelancers), consultants, technical data analysis, finance, law, or healthcare.

When selecting office space for your business, it is important to plan for any expected future growth. 

Your Consumers Now Require You to Change Your Office Environment

It is also wise to take into consideration your clients’, customers’, and consumers’ needs.  In the new “normal” environment, social distancing will become instinctive meaning your office environment had better have enough space to comfort your consumers. 

The move many entrepreneurs made to small one desk private offices will no longer comfort their clients.

Many businesses are flocking to flex private office spaces since it’s easy to add more space as they need to, and they can avoid getting locked into a small space that may not work for them as they grow.

Regardless of what type of office layout you choose, the aim in any office space today is to reduce simultaneous density and keep employees in private offices with doors, especially in light of how effectively the COVID-19 virus has been shown to spread in packed office environments.

Think about how your business appears to your clients.  Even if you are an online-only entrepreneur or you just serve the B2B industry, your clients and consumers now want to know how you are keeping them safe and healthy. 

Working out of a Bull-Pen co-working open desk environment is going to run your clients off.  Get ready for the change.

Let me know how I can help.