The best way to impress your
potential clients begins from the moment the client enters into
the building. The first thing they see is the reception
furniture, how the furniture has been arranged and what the
general room looks like in terms of organization and
cleanliness. Imagine for a moment that you walk into a corporate
building, when the first thing you see is a stack of boxes
piling up on the floor by the entrance door, no receptionist at
the reception desk and all of the reception furniture are dated
tattered and unkempt.
Your immediate reaction is to ask yourself where the nearest
receptionist or member of staff is located. Once you have found
the member of staff, they ask you to take a seat; you wince and
try not to make it obvious that you have no intentions of
sitting on a couch that has holes on the arms and stains that
appear to be from previous drink spillages. Now imagine if this
was your office or company building and your new client is
walking in to find badly presented reception furniture.
Part of impressing your client is to communicate with them as a
professional individual with the ability to network efficiently.
When holding a meeting at your establishment the last thing you
would want is to greet them in an unorganized office, which is
unclean and is clearly not a suitable working environment You
will also need to establish how to arrange all of the furniture
in the reception area, but allowing more space for walking round
and keeping the furniture layout simple.
Keeping boxes stacked in front of the door to the reception area
is both a hazard and is not recommended if this is a designated
fire exit. The reception furniture itself must not be
elaborately designed and should match the rest of the decor of
the office. Of course, if you work in a very informal
environment then this is a different matter altogether, some
public buildings may have such wacky furniture to suit the theme
of the building.
Generally, corporate buildings stick to simple, modern and
neutral colored furniture that compliment the design and style
of the rest of the office. This gives a more professional and
calm tone to it. Most of these buildings have a very specific
style about them as they are targeted towards serving a specific
purpose, therefore when clients come in they have a more
conservative and business-like nature about them.
Picking the right reception furniture for your office is not as
easy as some may think, as this requires understanding on what
type of furniture will give out the right impression and what
ones give out the wrong impressions. You should make that they
are also laid out evenly around the room, but allowing plenty of
space to maneuver and opening the room up. Often some
establishments can make the mistake in ordering more desks or
chairs over a period, which then leads to the offices becoming
cluttered with furniture.
The best thing to do is to seek professional advice on how best
to lay out everything in the office, without have to make too
many dramatic changes and preferably with knocking any walls.
This can be achieved through making accurate judgment on where
best to move the furniture, which will bring out more space. The
size of the furniture is vital if you are looking to save space,
so make sure you take some measurements before going out to buy
your reception furniture. |
