Each week, I contribute dozens of articles on business-related topics to a variety of Web properties. Here are some of my favorite posts from this week. * 5 Ways Managers Can Help Employees Stand More at Work [PayScale] * Millennial Women Fight Back Against Unemployment Rates by Starting Businesses [PayScale] * Google '...
If you've ever wanted to work in a building you never have to leave, then this week's Avant-Garde Offices star, YouTube, might just have the workplace for you. With an indoor pool, gym, free food and putting green, the glass building ensures employees can blow off...
Work means different things to everyone, and understanding whether you have a job, a career or a calling represents the first step in assessing your productivity needs. In a piece for Harvard Business Review, Bill Barnett discusses Amy Wrzesniewski's research on employees' various attitudes toward work. Here...
Yesterday, I got an email from a new newsletter subscriber asking me how I spend my day. Like most productive folks, much of my workday hinges on routine, but I do a few things differently than most traditional office workers. Here's a day in my Ridiculously Efficient life....
I've written before about how employers can incentivize healthy employee habits, but a feature in the Wall Street Journal introduces a new twist on this phenomenon: gamification. A recent Towers Watson and National Business Group on Health study revealed that some 60 percent of employers plan on using...
I never get tired of sharing innovative forms of employee recognition; accordingly, today's must-reads focus on how to recognize and reward hard-working employees. * It doesn't take money to make an employee feel special. Here are 25 free ways to reward workers. [HR World] * Get inspired by...
