People can’t resist Cyber Monday deals – that’s a fact. Cyber Monday 2018 hit $7.9 billion in sales, becoming the biggest online shopping day in US history. And if you’re wondering when do people find the time to spend such amounts of money, the answer is – during working hours. A new study by DeskTime…
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Bosses have tough jobs. You’re responsible for employee productivity. But breathe down their necks constantly, and they’ll loathe you. Leave them be, and your next quarterly earnings report may not look very impressive. The thing is, if you want your employees to do a good job, you have to make sure they’re self-motivated.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who like open-plan offices, and those who hate them. Open-plan offices have been around since 1906 when architect Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Larkin Administration Building in New York. Besides other innovations like air conditioning and built-in desk furniture, this workspace was also open-plan, with…
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Hiring remote workers is a way to take advantage of the best that the job market has to offer. Instead of being stuck to local recruitment pools, you can access experiences and knowledge from all over the world. Unfortunately, working with a remote team comes with several downsides. From everyday communication being more difficult, to…
So you’ve told your employees you’ll be tracking their working hours, and they didn’t cause a riot. Good. You even sent out a memo, telling your staff of all the wonderful benefits time tracking will have like it will identify unproductive habits and analyze productivity. Everyone nodded agreeing. Even better! Don’t be fooled though. As…
Wouldn’t it be great if you didn’t need to think about how to get your employees to work more? Wouldn’t it be great, if it just happened all by itself? That automatic habit of doing isn’t simply coincidence, and neither is it luck. It’s a carefully crafted office culture of productivity. Though it may come…
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From the outside, freelancing might seem like the perfect work and lifestyle. Lucky freelancers can choose their favorite projects and clients, manage their own time and work from exotic countries while sipping cold drinks on the beach. That’s the beautiful myth. If you’ve ever been a freelancer, you surely know it’s not all roses. And…
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It’s no secret that you need a highly motivated team to achieve great results in any business. However, being a likable boss and a successful manager at the same time can be a very challenging task. In order to deliver the desired results for your business while keeping a positive karma score, find out the…
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.
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