How do you wake up in the morning? Are you grumpy because you were stuck in rush hour traffic? Or, are you a morning person who wakes up with a spring in your step? According to productivity expert Hillary Rettig, the first 15 minutes of your morning could dictate your...
Entrepreneurs and solopreneuers aren't the only ones who have a hard time controlling their inboxes. Physicians are suffering from email fatigue, which is costing institutions thousands of dollars a year. A research paper from the Penn State College of Medicine found that the major issue is mass emails....
The office is full of distractions that take employees' focus away from work. OfficeTime.net recently conducted a survey and found the top 10 time wasters. The infographic below reveals these distractions and how to fight back. Email is the number one time killer. A third of respondents said...
The difference between important and urgent things in our life is usually easy to recognize. Urgent things include meeting deadlines for work, picking your son up from baseball practice, and making sure you are at your computer when your fantasy draft starts. Unfortunately, urgent things repeatedly take the place of...
Many company leaders feel it's best to ban employees from visiting social media websites while at work, but it turns out that allowing workers to use their personal smartphones at the office actually makes them more productive. New research from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology suggests...
According to research published by the Harvard Business Review, workers are less motivated and perform worse when subjected to terms that limit their job mobility. Although this may seem like common sense, it is a factor that many of us do not consider when signing new job contracts. By signing...
