Humans are social creatures, whether at home or work. We form our own community wherever we are – bound by shared ideas, situations, or goals. The workplace community has always existed, from industry bodies to your bestie gang at work.
But how do we build a workplace community in commercial real estate – one that spans multiple businesses, industries, and professions? The answer may lie in digital platforms like ANACITY Business. As a workplace community and tenant management software, it gives facility management teams, admins, tenant businesses, and employees the workplace experience tools that can help set the workplace culture and maximise employee engagement.
Why does a workplace community matter?
Workplaces are our second home, where most of us spend 9 to 12 hours. It’s where we chase our goals, make lifelong friends, and quite often, find our purpose. Building a workplace community cultivates human connections that foster employee engagement, trust, and a shared culture, beyond tasks and titles.
A connected workforce is:
- More engaged: Research shows that job engagement has a positive and significant effect on job satisfaction.
- More loyal: A strong community reduces attrition by creating emotional anchors.
- More innovative: Informal spaces for discussion can lead to spontaneous ideas and collaboration.
Key strategies for building a workplace community
ANACITY Business offers workplace experience tools that can set the workplace culture with strong employee engagement.
Create shared spaces for informal interactions
Encourage interactions outside of structured meetings. Apart from physical spaces, virtual avenues can also play a key role in encouraging interactions. Whether it’s a breaktime lounge, virtual coffee catchups, or interest-based chat channels, shared spaces open doors to casual conversations that build rapport.
The ANACITY Business app brings together the workplace community on one digital platform, creating a strong workplace culture. It offers facility and property management teams an avenue to interact directly with tenanted offices through multi-layered engagement.
Celebrate milestones together
From birthdays and work anniversaries, recognizing personal and professional milestones builds a sense of togetherness. The Celebration feature on ANACITY Business ensures that employees are aware of such upcoming occasions. Read Why it’s time to Rethink your Tenant Engagement Strategy and 5 Essential Tech Tools to Improve Workplace Tenant Engagement.
Organize cross-functional activities
Think beyond team silos. Host events like wellness challenges, hobby clubs, or CSR drives that bring different departments together. These experiences help build new connections across levels and teams.
With the Event module on ANACITY Business, admins inform all employees of upcoming events, their details, issue tickets and track participation. The feature is a powerful medium for the workplace community to come together for celebrations, interest-based forums, and other activities.
Make communication two-way
Community thrives when voices are heard. Communication is usually a challenge for workplace communities where tenanted office employees have few means to engage with the office park admin teams.
Build a healthy communicative workplace culture with ANACITY Business. It offers a user-friendly solution through an app-based approach. People can leave feedback and cast their vote through polls and surveys. They also have access to key contacts, thus facilitating easy connections.
Find out how you can Build a Human-Centric Workspace with ANACITY Business. To know more about ANACITY Business, contact us at support or call 80886 11229.
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