Flowers make you happier, less stressed and more relaxed. They also have a beneficial effect on communication and employee satisfaction at the office. Enough reasons, you might say, to have more flowers at the office. This article explains exactly how this works.<\/p>\n
‘The Emotional Impact of Flowers Study’ is the most authoritative research study ever conducted into how flowers affect people, and it yielded a number of unique findings.\u00a0The person who headed this study summarises this as follows: ‘Not only do flowers make people happier than we had expected but they also have a very beneficial effect on our emotions.’ Here are the three most important findings of this study:<\/p>\n
All the subjects who participated in the study received flowers and were then asked for their reaction. No matter where they lived in the world, these reactions were similar: everyone felt better, and the feeling they got was described in such terms as ‘happy’.\u00a0Now, this isn’t such a surprising finding: who isn’t pleased to receive flowers? But being a research finding also makes it good advice! Having more flowers at the office means more happy office employees.<\/p>\n
An environment with flowers in it helps encourage constructive discussions among employees.\u00a0During the study, people working in large offices felt it easier to ask someone something or initiate a conversation, and this helped to improve the working climate and increase employee satisfaction. As you might expect, this is very important in the workplace.<\/p>\n