Do you take others into consideration while making calls in the office?

When the noise in an open plan office goes beyond appropriate levels, it can be annoying and stressful and thereby affects productivity. Here are a few tips to help reduce noise in your workplace.

1. Use headphones🎧, as per Do you use a headset?
2. Use a reasonable voice level or soft voice.
3. During the conversation, type the important points in to your Teams/private chat box to avoid unnecessary repetition and, at the same time, have those points written not just spoken. As per: Do you know you should write notes when an activity is going?
4. Should you anticipate a long call, move into a private room or booth if you can.
5. Ping very loud people politely/nicely, e.g., “Hey XXX, could you please use headphones?”.
6. Close your booth/pod door (if you have one) while you’re in calls.
7. If you are in a Teams meeting and someone enters the room, it's important to notify the meeting participants of their arrival.

• For example: "By the way team, Jack has now entered the boardroom".
• If that person forgets, tap the table to remind them to introduce you.

✅ Figure: Good Example - A quiet workspace, with headphones used for calls