While a business can only survive if the employees are working hard and getting their necessary work done, this success doesn’t necessarily equate to having a staff that is constantly stressed out. In fact, if people are always on edge about work, there’s a good chance that they won’t be performing as well as they otherwise could be.

If you feel like your staff is commonly stressed out at work, you might want to take some steps that makes your work environment a little more relaxed. To help you see why this might be worth your while, here are three ways in which your business could benefit from a more relaxed atmosphere. 

Healthy Amounts Of Stress

Just because you are working towards having a more relaxed atmosphere in your organization doesn’t mean that people will stop working or taking advantage of you. In fact, if you can make it so your staff feels a healthy amount of stress, not an amount of stress that breaks them down and causes physical and mental trauma, you could find that your staff really perks up. 

With a healthy amount of stress at work, like that which comes from having the right expectations and a sense of responsibility about accomplishing work, you might find that your employees have a boost to their confidence and in their ability to contribute effectively at work. And if you can achieve this by adding a few sofas to the workplace or giving longer and more meaningful breaks, it might be well worth it to you. 

Encourage Autonomy And Creativity

In a work environment where people feel stressed and tense, this can severely stifle their ability to work creatively and to feel like they have the confidence to make their own decisions regarding the work they’re doing. Because of this, you might have a workforce that turns to you for everything and that can’t think for themselves and problem solve. 

But in a work environment that is more relaxed and friendly, your staff may start to feel like they are respected, appreciated, and supported. This can give them the confidence they need to proactively move forward with solutions for their own problems. 

Growth For Employees And Your Business

When your employees feel that they can take initiative, don’t have to worry about the overwhelming stress of their jobs, and that their bosses have their best interest at heart, they can be free to grow as employees. They can work up to their potential and can, in turn, bring your business to the next level with them.

If you have thought in the past that you needed your staff to feel uneasy at work in order to work as hard as possible, you might want to rethink have being a little more flexible and relaxed could benefit your employees and your business.