Look at different leadership styles, perhaps yours and your management teams - do you ensure that your staff understand and respect everything from the office furniture to the businesses’ fundamental values?

Remember that the biggest turn off for people at work is the way their manager treats them so ensure that positive leadership flows through your management team.

Jacinta Brennan, HR Director for Yahoo (UK and Ireland), says:

"Communicate your view of the IT team’s contribution to your executive colleagues - and prove it in hard business terms. To increase the IT department’s visibility within the organisation, ask to be invited to key management meetings (even if a quick meeting around an office desk), or arrange presentations to the different business units explaining IT’s role and the services your team provides. Let the business know what to expect.

"People will want to work for a high-performing, winning team. As you build your team, identify the values it aspires to uphold. You can incorporate these values, along with the testimonials from existing employees, in communication pieces to attract people to your department. Your department becomes more affluent and productive and your environment suddenly gets better; airier offices and comfortable office furniture seat a high performance team."

Jo Causon from the Chartered Management Institute says:

"Research carried out by the Chartered Management Institute has shown that employees are motivated by a sense of purpose in their work, feelings of achievement at reaching goals and helping others to grow and develop.

"See if they can join team meetings, get them round a large office desk and have creative sessions so that they have the opportunity to contribute ideas and opinions. Ask users and internal customers what they need from IT so that you can manage expectations. Perhaps your team could also help with project management or training, and make sure you supply regular communication of planned activity and improvements to service.

"Secondly, if you would like to position your office as an attractive place to work, you must first ensure that it is exactly that. Decorate the office in motivational but bright and airy colours and buy the office furniture which reflects comfort but professionalism. Build a strong team by encouraging individuals to work together on projects and share information.

"Employees want leaders who communicate well with them, trust them to do a good job at their office desk working away without too much supervision and thank and praise them when they succeed. By developing an open, empowering management style that addresses these points you should be able to raise the morale and motivation of every team member and inspire others to join your upbeat unit."

It seems it isn’t only the office furniture that influences staff morale.