Three Benefits of Your Team Returning to the Office

June 14, 2022

I’ve spoken before about the return to normal life, as Covid becomes a hopefully less disruptive part of our world. A great benefit to the return to the office that we’ve seen since the beginning of 2022 is the positive effect this return can have on employees’ mental health, improved collaborative work, and enhanced opportunities for organic mentoring relationships. 

Our nation is facing a true mental health crisis from the pandemic and isolation-related stress we’ve all dealt with to some degree or another. For employees who were used to showing up in an office and enjoyed that aspect of their day, being forced to stay home alone certainly took a toll. For many, isolation led to greater levels of loneliness, anxiety, and even difficulty focusing on simple tasks. While the extent of isolation varied widely due to living circumstances, and WFH was definitely a welcome break from long commutes for others, most people are ready to get back to being around other people. Many are looking to return to a few days a week, and some are excited to be back full-time. Being around others during the workday can be uplifting, energizing, and a big boost to mental health.

Secondly, collaboration is clearly improved when employees are together in person. Being able to sit face-to-face, even a few times a week, and bounce ideas off each other is always more advantageous than connecting virtually. Collaboration occurs naturally on a micro level when employees are together. There are simply more opportunities for bonding moments and cooperative endeavors. It could be as simple as one person overhearing a tidbit from a passing conversation or a phone call that they wouldn’t have overheard from home, and they can offer a suggestion or two, or simply have more context and awareness surrounding a particular issue.

The third benefit of coming back to the office is mentorship which can be nurtured organically (without needing to schedule a zoom call) when employees of various levels of seniority are together in the office space. These intergenerational relationships are certainly mutually beneficial, but there is a tremendous benefit for young people to be surrounded by seasoned mentors to guide them in the early stages of their careers. It can lead to greater job satisfaction for the employees, and better results for companies. 

Testimonials

Corporate Renovation for DPS Group - Conshohocken, PA

Due to the extreme pace our business has been growing, we were in need of new office space sooner than later. However, we didn’t have the bandwidth to manage the process internally. The FGX Group was able to get started immediately with assembling an overall project budget and schedule in order to set proper expectations, particularly important in today’s real estate climate. He was instrumental in design oversight, and assembling the balance of the project team including the general contractor, IT related vendors, the furniture dealer, and all other pertinent firms. We are thrilled to be in our new space and couldn’t be more grateful for having Frank to assist us with the process so we could concentrate on continuing to grow our business.

Ryan McDonough, Senior Vice President – Project Operations, DPS Group

Self Storage Renovation Projects for Home Star Storage - Various Locations

As someone who works in self storage conversions, I work with The FGX Group on all my major projects. Unlike ground-up construction, conversion projects often have unexpected circumstances and last-minute surprises that don't necessarily jump out from the beginning of the project, even with careful planning. Working with The FGX Group, I know our team is ready for the unexpected in each project – whatever that may be. We appreciate working closely with them to bring more well-built storage projects to fruition on-time and on-budget up and down the eastern United States.

Joseph Murphy, Chief Operating Officer, Home Star Storage

Renovations to Children's Dental Management - Philadelphia, PA

Frank Gallagher and The FGX Group were instrumental in assisting me to assemble the project team and formulate a plan to complete our new Orthodontics and Surgery Center suites in Philadelphia. With Frank’s help in managing the contractors, various vendors, and coordination activities with the landlord, it allowed me to concentrate on other responsibilities at CDM. Frank has a knack to bring everyone together to focus on one goal. I would work with him again.

Jim DeFruscio – Children’s Dental Management

Renovation of Medical Office for Pure Dental Brands - Upper Darby, PA

From my perspective, here is what The FGX Group did that helped us achieve a successful build out of our new office location: Their contract spelled out all of the responsibilities that they would own, and they carefully broke down all of the job functions and steps with milestones; they also made it clear what were their vs. our tasks; they outlined the project timeline and costs and lived by them; they were 100% successful as a project manager because they kept us on track and had excellent communication and follow-up skills; they owned a number of key tasks around permitting and working with the local town/city that we could not have known about or handled – and they were done successfully; and they escalated issues when appropriate and prepared us in advance of issues, so that when they came up, we could quickly resolve.

The results were excellent – the office is beautiful, and it has helped us grow our business!

Frank Coliano, Chief Executive Officer, Pure Dental Brands

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Email

frankgallagher@thefgxgroup.com

Phone

 610.331.6354

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