This week's guest posts focus on the risks of eating at your desk, just how much time you spend checking email and a full breakdown of the most thankless jobs. * Yikes! This one is not for the squeamish. Eating at your desk has health risks other than the...
Each week, I contribute dozens of articles on workplace culture and office topics to a variety of Web properties. Here are some of my favorites from this week. * Study Links Suppressing Your Identity to Job Dissatisfaction and Turnover [PayScale] * What Music Should You Listen to At Work? [infographic] [PayScale] * Men...
Many office workers swear by headphones or ear buds to tune out distractions, but is this practice helping or hindering productivity? While headphones certainly help their wearers tune out their colleagues' chatter and digital alerts, research indicates that listening to music during periods of concentration can actually hurt your...
There's been a lot of negative buzz about the distractions and productivity losses open-plan offices enable, and software company Autodesk may have found the ideal solution by piping in pink noise. The sound is the same frequency as human voices, enabling employees to tune out their coworkers'...
The quest to becoming ridiculously efficient involves navigating tough obstacles like online alerts; to boost your productivity, disable the following digital notifications entirely. While it might initially feel weird not seeing some of these alerts, you'll be amazed at how soon you adjust -- and how much more...
