Usually, in Spring and Autumn, we try to prepare for either summer or winter. You should probably be cleaning your office area more frequently than annually anyway, right? Does a clean office boost the productivity of our employees?

There is a school of thought that a cluttered, paper-strewn desk hints at a person who is constantly hard at work. but usually, it is cleaner offices that are more productive Being organized and maintaining a clean working space is very helpful in getting your best work done.

Don’t get lost in phrases like, “A clean desk shows a sick mind.” If you need some motivation, consider two facts: Viruses can linger on unclean surfaces, and a cluttered desk may well be reducing your productivity.

An infographic by Cleaning Services Group, a cleaning services provider, offers those reasons and more for sprucing up your workspace.

The average employee loses 9 working days a year to sickness, some of which may be attributed to a lack of workspace hygiene.

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The graphic also outlines the correlation between tidy workspaces and greater productivity, citing a Harvard University experiment that concluded: “messy, untidy workplaces can undermine people’s persistence in completing tasks, therefore affecting productivity.”

A clean office can help to boost productivity and increase focus by a cleaner working environment, you are less likely to be distracted by cluttered objects and that greater level of concentration leads to more and better work being done, states the graphic.

A lot of lime can be squandered when arching for documents in a messy workspace In cleaner well-organized offices paperwork can be tracked down easily and quickly.

Life balance is today a buzzword for a lot of people. A cluttered desk can result in you trying to focus on too many things at once which lowers your stress threshold. By sticking to a cleaning routine and maintaining a neatly organized workspace, employees are much more likely to get their best work done and meet work targets.

So if you need a break from actually doing work, tell your boss you’re increasing your productivity by cleaning up your desk. Need more reasons to break out the duster? How does your desk look like today, is it a tsunami hitting the edge or clean like the lake water in the sun? Read more how a clean office can boost productivity in the below infographic.