Your employees spend a considerable amount of time at their desks, typing and answering phones. You worry about your employees health as well as your own. What you may not consider is whether the office is helping to decrease their health which may decrease productivity for your business. An employee who sits at a desk in one position continuously

Think of the impact good office furniture has on a client visiting your office; and you will immediately realize the importance of office furniture. Since office furniture is part of the overall décor of your office, it plays an important role in creating a good first impression on your visiting clients. Moreover, good office furniture provide

Burnout in employees and managers continues to be a major and costly issue affecting businesses today. Major inroads have been made in maintaining employee health through the use of Employee Assistance Programs,EAP, and improved employee counseling but days of work lost to depression and a host of other psychological problems continues to cost Ame

Many employees dread going to work each day. They are miserable, spending their entire week just waiting for the weekend to arrive. Their work suffers; they don't work up to their potential, feeling unappreciated. It is a vicious circle causing management to be unreasonable and demanding while employees become more unhappy. Lisa Wicker, a lea

Tired of working the 9-5 grind? Struggling to balance work and family? Why not look into alternative work schedules with your employer? More and more companies offer flexible work schedules, or flextime, for their employees. These alternatives help employees balance their jobs, their families, and their personal responsibilities. Flextime is dif

When I present seminars on Indian business culture to American managers and technical professionals involved in offshoring or offshore outsourcing to India, someone inevitably asks, "So what are our offshore teams and counterparts in India being taught about American business culture?" The answer is, "More than they used to, but seldom at a leve

If your people are standing around talking about pay, you've probably got it wrong. While pay is a key part of working it really shouldn't become a major talking point. Getting pay right is an important part of managing people but, like issues such as safety and a pleasant work environment, it normally only gets attention when its not working. I

Managing conflict with coworkers doesn't have to be difficult. In this article are eight simple rules that should both help you deal with conflict and improve your relationships at work. Rule 1: See conflict as an opportunity Your perception of conflict has a direct impact on how it plays out in your life. If you embrace conflict and see it a

Would you be interested in effective ways for greatly lowering employee burnout and motivation? Or would you be interested in seeing how your current measures are doing in relationship to commonly known proven methods? Continue reading and you will become aware of how lowered employee burnout and motivation can be systematically achieved. . . T

Some of the highest paid employees in the country relative to their skill, education and knowledge are service workers that regularly receive tips. Dancers, waiters, waitresses, and bartenders often earn more than professionals including nurses and lawyers. It is not uncommon for a bartender to earn $80,000 a year or a dancer to earn $200,000 a y

"I don't want a job hopper--I want someone with a stable work history." I get that a lot, particularly from hiring managers looking for good salespeople. The phrase "job stability" is defined very differently today than it was 25 years ago. So the question is, as we prepare to enter 2008, what is the new measure of job stability? 10 years at

No matter what you are doing for your business or where it is based out of, chances are very good that you are going to have to hire employees and chances are good that you are going to have to worry about finding those that you can actually trust. This is an issue that comes up again and again because often people do not realize they need to be ab

Frankly, a lot of businesses are only as good as the workers who handle the day to day activities and actually come in contact with the customer or client. However, finding the right person, to fill a position, can be a guessing game, unless you know the right questions to ask, in order to make an informed decision. For example, many potential

When George took on the top job at a prestigious high profile company he thought it would run like clockwork, such was the public perception of this quality business. What he didn't realise was that the reputation was founded on a just a few brilliant people and the product they had developed. The rest were merely trying to manage the chaos. Most p

Hiring the right people acts as the performance enabler for any organization. Unlike earlier times, firms now have dedicated human resource wings and even more specific recruitment wings responsible for identification and subsequent gathering of the right resources. This era has witnessed the changing yardsticks in the employment market and thi