It’s no secret that all management across Australia is in discussion around ‘how to bring their employees back into the office’. From reluctance to location, value and productivity, we’ve discovered key pressing insights around how Covid has impacted people’s relationships with work – and there are expectations we are ALL bringing to our post lockdown, 9-5. We are here to push corporate boundaries and drive focus to a sustainable, work/life balance in the lives of all employees, however, we don’t come empty-handed as we give you our Purely Polished take on a strategic approach that’s tailored to an evolving need.

Inject a Seamless & Integrated Lifestyle into the culture of your business, and adapt to the fundamental shift towards a Hybrid model.

From start to end, we have formulated an approach to help you navigate your business back to full effect.

1. Engagement. “I feel appreciated”

   How do we reach and connect with everyone at home?

   Virtual for now. Whilst a large proportion of the workforce is still working from home, we have formulated a strategy that visits the current circumstances of the environment. Our first step in the approach is guided by the notion to re-engage with the community and start the stimulation of energy and change. Through our Mindfulness & Counselling professionals, and Nutritionist and Health classes and workshops, we offer a range of online services for individuals and groups designed to show that we care and to create a gentle ramp enabling a safe return to the office.

   Harnessing the power of online and virtual capabilities, we are literally bringing a modern approach to all things self. Such ideas for virtual & online initiatives include:

   • Virtual Mens Shed in support of mental wellbeing

   • Plant education – how to care and provide for your living things

   • Virtual classes and tutorials. “How to”, “Learn”, “Did you know”.

   • Group sessions to DIY at home with all things beauty & wellness.

   Explored in more depth in our other blog piece, ‘How to re-engage and stimulate the energy of brighter days with your employees at home?’, read more about how to bring a literal modern approach!

2. Reassurance. “I Feel Safe”

   How can we make the building offer services attractive enough for customers to come back into the office?

   The world may not be safe, but you can ensure your office is. A protected space that houses a range of services and experiences that reduces the need for people to interact externally, so create a bubble of safety! Minimise the touchpoints and travel associations to a centralised point with Purely Polished. We bring the salon to you, anytime, anywhere.

   • Lower the level of reach in exposure by having Beauty & Wellness come to your building, rather than leaving the building to use external services, from all different types of places.

   • Make ‘coming into the office’ an all-round, valuable intention by providing in-building value to accommodate for business AND personal/ self needs.

   Our Covid Safe Plan.

   Our Beauty & Wellness Professionals will maintain the highest level of scrutiny to ensure that our customers remain safe and protected throughout their beauty and massage services. They will wear face masks while at your premises and throughout the service. In addition, they will frequently sanitise their hands and tools to ensure they are providing the highest levels of cleanliness possible.

   • Carefully selected and handpicked Beauty & Wellness Professionals.

   • Experienced. Reputable. Credible and Validated through our portfolio of clientele

   • Trustable with scalability to implement operational procedures nationwide

3. Return to Office. “I Feel Connected”

   How to give employees a reason to come back into the office?

   Lockdown 2021 has hit everyone differently when compared to 2020. The level of disconnect and fatigue has left society yearning for a push to ‘get back on the horse’. Bring positivity and recognition to the culture of your building by providing tokens of appreciation to stimulate the movement of community engagement.

   Boost building engagement through event-driven campaigns, workshops and pop-up booths targeting teams and the community to bring enthusiasm and energy back to work. Make a scene and create a reason for everyone to come back in! Enhance the sense of connectivity.

4. Flexibility. “I Feel Supported”

   The New Normal is with a Hybrid Approach.

   Drive the movement to inject the prioritisation for balance and self-care into your buildings’ culture. It’s important to encourage wellness in all facets of life. With an agile and responsive approach towards the forever changing environment within corporate and workplaces, we are here to challenge organisations to think outside of the box and start implementing value-added benefits to the workplace in order to enhance the overall happiness and wellness of its culture.

So… How can we help?

Get in touch and enquire about what we can do for you. Our tailored approach to navigate management to get teams back into the office includes a range of services and ideas that you may not have even thought about yet! We base our offerings to suit the fit your culture and objectives in mind.

• We are your one-stop shop.

• We have an extended range of services.

• We also cater additional professional services.

We’re all in this together!

References:

1. McKinsey Quarterly July 2021 https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/news/figures-show-how-cbd-office-markets-can-bounce-back-from-crisis-1078857/

2. “The future of work is hybrid” – wework 2021 – page 4  https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/05/hybrid-working-your-office-future/

3.  “The future of work is hybrid” – wework 2021 – page 11 https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mental-health-services/mental-health-services-in-australia/report-contents/mental-health-impact-of-covid-19

4. https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/healthcare-systems-and-services/our-insights/returning-to-work-keys-to-a-psychologically-safer-workplace