You can dress for success, but if you are all dressed up behind a pile of boxes with a phone perched on top, you are not going to present a professional image that an executive should. You probably wouldn’t think of furnishing your office with boxes or plastic crates, but have you really looked around at your executive office’s furnishings lately? When you walk in the door, stand there and really look around, then ask yourself, “What kind of image does my office present?” Chances are, the image doesn’t match your position in the company. If this is true, it is time to start planning to buy some new furnishings and have your office match the image that you want to present.
Here are some tips for furnishing an executive office:
1. Executive office desk-this is the best place to start when you furnish an executive office. The desk should be placed in a prominent position where there is a straight path to the desk from the office door. The desk should be attractive, large enough to not look cluttered, and of high quality.
2. Executive office chairs-the desk chair should be comfortable and ergonomically designed. It is much easier to present a professional image if you are not constantly shifting your weight in your chair in an attempt to find a comfortable position. The chairs on the other side of the desk should be comfortable so that who ever you are meeting with will be able to sit comfortably while working out a deal.
3. Executive office shelves-There should be enough shelves to be practical, but also additional shelves that can be used to add decorative elements to the executive office. The shelves should match the other furniture in the room and have doors that close for additional storage of material.
4. Filing cabinets in an executive office-filing cabinet have evolved from the metal drawers that stick and scrape, to attractive pieces of furniture that blends in with the other office furniture. The filing cabinet should be big enough to hold the current volume of files and also have room for additional files. It is important that the filing cabinet can be locked for security reasons.
5. Sustainability in an executive office-whenever possible, the impact of an executive office on the environment should be considered. Using products made from recycled materials and including natural lighting whenever possible are ways to reduce the impact on the environment.
6. Open design in executive office-a spacious office with an area for relaxed meetings will allow for less formal meetings to occur in the same place. Comfortable chairs and a small table are prefect furnishings for this area. The less formal area will be used often since much business is carried out in a less structured manner than in the past when all serious business was formally conducted at a desk.
It is not just the little things that will assure an executive office reflects the image that an executive wants to present; it is also the big things like the furnishings in his or her office. To get help to design the perfect executive office, contact Corporate Design Choice. They also have a large selection of office furniture that is high quality and beautifully designed.
