1. Company Cell Phone

Issuing employees with company cell phones is a great way to keep their personal lives personal and their professional lives, professional. Unless an emergency occurs, personal problems should be steered clear from office life and a company cell phone will go a long way to ensuring this happens.

Employees' minds will be more focused on the job at hand.

Not only that, with the technology built into cell phones these days, they can become an extremely powerful organizational and communication tool (whether it be via voice, instant message, or email).

2. Water Bottle

Being fully hydrated throughout the day is key to staying productive and keeping your concentration levels up. Our brain is 80% water, while our bodies are 65% water, so it’s easy to understand why we need to keep our water levels topped up.

Common dehydration problems for workers:

• Headaches
• Sleepiness
• Irritability

These common problems can easily affect productivity so it is wise to keep a water bottle close by for whenever you need to quench a thirst. Even if you are not thirsty at the time, having a full water bottle ready will help encourage you to drink more water.

3. Headphones

Music is one of those things that a lot of people seem to be divided upon. For some, listening to music can help productivity while for others it causes a distraction.

But research has shown that music can actually help increase productivity, especially when coupled with repetitive and mundane tasks, such as answering a lot of emails

Some research argues that it isn’t the background noise of the music itself, but more that the improved mood from your favorite music is the source in a bump of productivity.

Imagine yourself listening to some music you really despise because a co-worker likes it, do you think your productivity would be improved? I highly doubt it.

So whenever you are faced with a repetitive & boring task, plug in your headphones, select a playlist, and listen to all your favorite tunes.

4. Notepad

Whether you’re sitting at your desk, in a meeting or chatting to clients, you should always have a notepad on hand ready to write down important information thrown your way.

You never know when you might have to jot something down of importance, and when you do actually need to recall the information, you can just glance over at your notepad.

Productivity will be increased as you will be taking less time trying to remember things and more time acting upon information given to you.