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Encouraging employees to put a personal stamp on the workplace

By letting employees do the decorating, small businesses can boost morale and save some money to boot.

Anyone can hire a big-name decorator to give an office a special look. It’s much bolder to invite employees to put their personal stamp on the space. These three companies did just that, not only to include employees in the design process, but also to save money in some cases.

Bliss Integrated Communication

When Bliss Integrated Communication moves to a new office in New York this month, it will gain more space for client meetings and collaboration, as well as a new look courtesy of its employees. The B2B communications firm invited workers to participate in a summer-long photo contest in which they could shoot images of two different themes, New York City and media. Once the photos have all been submitted, the entire staff will vote on them, and the winning shots will become part of the new office art collection.

“I’m an amateur photographer myself so I naturally gravitate toward photography as art,” says Cortney Rhoads Stapleton, office director. “The management team thought it would be a fun way to get our employees involved in the new office; we have a strong company culture and we try to live that as much as we can.”

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