It's All in the Perception!

If you are management with a private office, consider making it into a meeting room. This way your staff would not be able to communicate that you got the office because you are more senior than him/her - which in turn could damage your reputation with other employees and peers.

If you make your office into a meeting room, it would reflect to other employees that you believe in fairness; that everyone should have access to the room. I would suggest you make it clear however, that you have bumping rights on the meeting room for when you need to work on sensitive issues.

I worked for a VP at a previous company who did this. He worked in an open cubicle and made his hard-walled office into a meeting room. The outcome of his actions were amazing with the 250 people that worked for him.

Remember, it's all in the perception!

Connie Deschamps
Human Resources
IT/NET

Connie Deschamps is the Director of Human Resources for an IT consulting company located in Ottawa. A respected and Innovative HR professional with over 10 years experience in the technology sector, Connie has held senior positions with IT/NET, Nortel Networks and Computing Devices Corporation.

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