Jack-o-lanterns, cotton cobwebs strewn across desks, office dress-up parties, punch with fake eyeballs floating in it, these are all staples of the typical Halloween office vibe. But none of these supposedly “scary” elements even compare to the terror that can be instilled by a boss, often with just a few words. Here are some of…
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Employee motivation in the workplace seems to be a problem nowadays. A study on employee engagement has found that 70% of employees are disengaged at work. For a manager whose success depends on the productivity of their employees, these statistics don’t exactly inspire confidence. The chances are that your employees are counting down the minutes…
It’s no great secret that the job market is more competitive now than it ever has been before. Not only are there fewer jobs to go around, but there are more skilled workers with degrees, ambition, and experience waiting in the wings to take those jobs. Many employees have started upping their game for promotional…
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I think you’ll agree with me when I say: The most important tasks for a company owner or manager are to make sure that work is getting done, and everyone is moving in the same direction. Each employee is like a cog in a complex machinery, and everyone has to be doing their job to…
Well, I tried, here are the results. A while back I came across research done by the University of Chicago. They found that drinking two beers helped accomplish creative tasks. Their reasoning was that it broke down barriers of critical thinking and helped them think outside the box to reach more solutions to the problem solving…
We recently pulled out the statistics of the most-used unproductive applications so far used in 2014. Some of the results are predictable, like social networks like Facebook and Youtube taking the top spots. Other results show us a change in working dynamic, for example, that Gmail is marked as a top unproductive app. Check out…
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Guest post by Andre Smith For years, millions of employees and customers across the nation have been consigned to working in drab, uninteresting offices with painfully bare walls. Fortunately, times are changing: business owners are beginning to realize the tremendous benefits to decorating their workplaces with fine art. Last year, a study from the British…
This is a guest post from Christopher Austin from PeopleInsight.co.uk Several years of practice and research have been devoted to improving performance management in companies worldwide. However, the conventional understanding of the performance review process is inefficient in the eyes of employees, managers, CEOs and company owners. Studies have shown that annual reviews are not helping…
It’s a new year, a time for looking back at your previous year, and looking ahead to the next. Here are three very simple resolutions that will keep productivity high in 2014. 1. Focus on the few vital tasks Have you ever heard of the Pareto Principle (a.k.a. the 80/20 rule)? It states that 80%…
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