Why Work Sucks. The Zero Creativity Zone
Creativity, Innovation, & Productivity at Work When it comes to the workplace, people don’t often associate creativity or happiness with work, and that’s a shame. A growing number of employees are unengaged and consider their work time a soul-sucking nightmare. Well, I for one don’t want to spend my time in any type of soul-sucking […]
Best in Class Companies Offer Flexible Work Arrangements
Defining Flexible Work Schedules According to the 2011 Work+Life Fit Reality Check, eight out of 10 full-time employees currently use some type of day-to-day, work-life flexibility. Among the specific types of work life flexibility, 62% report that they use “ad-hoc flex”, 55% use “day-to-day flex hours” and 46% use “formal flextime.” Flexible Work Arrangements (FWAs) […]
56% Employees Won’t Work at Company Who Blocks Social Media
Facebook & Internet Access Key to Employee Productivity Many of you know that I’ve long been a proponent of allowing employees access to Facebook at work. Because companies who block access to these social networking sites only force employees to become more creative in how they access their social network either through using proxies or […]
Domestic Abuse. He Abused Me Emotionally & Physically
Abused Women. Physical & Emotional Domestic Abuse It was fall of 2004, and I was an emotional wreck. It was a Friday and I made the call to my boss telling him I was calling in sick for the weekend. As an HR Manager in a retail environment, I generally worked 1-2 weekends sometimes more […]
Social Network Drives Workplace Innovation & Productivity
Corporate Social Media as Collaboration Alternative Companies face a problem in developing and implementing a plan to encourage knowledge sharing within the organization. Email is a one-way communication medium and a wasteful way to cooperate that has been around for 50 years. Executives have approved millions of dollars in shareholder money for digital people, procedures, […]
American Employees at Work Waste 2 Hrs & $153 a Day
Employee Productivity at Work is a Employer Cause for Concern Every year during March madness, the news turns to the discussion of workplace productivity. Because basketball games are played at least in the early rounds during the workday, time is spent by employees discussing the game or watching during working hours. Technology whether its via […]
