If you're tired of going to the office and sitting at the same desk day after day, it may be time to turn your focus to this week's Avant-Garde Offices star, Needle. Imagine spending your day on the move in a top-notch RV, promoting your favorite...
You might not think that office design and productivity have anything in common, but today's must-reads will dispel that notion entirely. * Blue rooms may help your employees become more productive, according to ProTect Painters. [MarketWatch] * Let workers design your office layout. After all, who better than they to...
We know that employee stress has a direct effect on individual productivity, but a new survey by ComPsych Corporation provides some hard statistics on stress and work. Read on for five reasons your stressed-out teams are slowing down the company's growth. 1. Increased absenteeism. Nearly 15 percent of...
Mayo Clinic endocrinologist James Levine, M.D., Ph.D. has coined a new term for the negative health effects of a sedentary lifestyle: sitting disease. This affliction raises your risk of premature death, cardiovascular disease and other health problems, and it affects gym rats, smokers and healthy eaters equally. In...
I recently had the opportunity to ask Michael Reynolds, a CultureRx consultant and the president and CEO of SpinWeb, a few questions about ROWE, or a results-only work environment. SpinWeb was the first company in Indianapolis to enact a ROWE, and Reynolds saw employee productivity double since embracing its principles....
This Mercer work-life balance infographic shares additional insights from its annual What's Working survey -- namely, that workloads are heavier, and employees consider flexible work arrangements as essential to their motivation and engagement. Women are more likely than men to prioritize the ability to work flexibly (71 percent...
