Open-plan offices may encourage collaboration and improve communication, but they may also create barriers to productivity, according to a piece in today's Wall Street Journal. As of 2010, 68 percent of U.S. workspaces had an open-seating or open-plan design, which ditches secluded offices or traditional cubicles in...
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...
You can't force your team to become more productive, but some management strategies can enable efficiency by boosting employee morale and overall happiness. Happiness is increasingly being considered a metric for success in the business sphere, and research supports the idea that a happy worker is a more...
This Mercer infographic reveals that managers and employees have distinct perspectives on how their organization fosters and incentivizes productivity and engagement. Mercer asked 2,400 U.S. employees about their organization's setup, and rank-and-file employees were far more skeptical of their job than managers and senior managers were...
Forbes contributor Peter Cohan recently interviewed Second Life founder Philip Rosedale and uncovered three radical management strategies he uses to improve company culture. Could these ideas boost your team's morale and, in turn, improve their productivity? The Love Machine The Love Machine is a series of video monitors...
These must-reads on team-building in 2012 will help you supercharge your workgroups after the holiday break. You won't find icebreakers or workshop activities here -- just solid strategies to isolate and incentivize desired behavior for maximum efficiency and productivity. * How to break the conspiracy of the "team...
