Pre-schedule your breaks for maximum effect. Even give them an agenda.
Daniel Pink, author of When (book), recommends pre-scheduling your breaks throughout the day. He goes on to suggest that giving the breaks an agenda is useful.
Example of Scheduled Breaks
- 10am - walk a lap around the building
- 12pm - go make coffee
- 12:50pm - do 5 minutes of office yoga
- 1:30pm - go talk with someone from another department about their kid
- 3pm - walk a lap around the build in the other direction