Is the workplace productivity debate ensuring our nomadic aspirations come to an end
While research has given us a mixed bag of contradictory methods to boost workplace productivity, we all share the perception that it is an uphill battle.
Tag: Productivity
Supercharge workforce productivity with a health and wellbeing focus
By Staff writer
Understanding how to best support employees to maximise their contribution to a business is a significant challenge for HR departments and owners of SMEs. When you add high levels of absenteeism into the mix, workforce productivity can begin to feel like an uphill battle.
Banishing post-holiday blues from the workplace and keeping staff switched on
By Staff writer
Though the UK may have experienced a belated and unexpected heatwave, the summer holidays have come to an unwelcome end. Children are back at school, you can’t get a seat on the train and people have returned to work, slightly sunburnt and downcast with a case of holiday blues.
Avoiding the negative aspects of flexible working
By Staff writer
Colin Stuart, the managing director of workplace consultancy Baker Stuart, explains how to best avoid some of the negative aspects of flexible working.
Five simple tips to help prevent downtime for your business
By Staff writer
A survey conducted by EMC showed 60 per cent of UK businesses suffered IT downtime in 2015. This downtime is estimated to cost businesses around £10.5bn per year so here’s how to prevent it.
Fitness increases your ability to cope with a high-paced work environment
By Andrew Low
Over one third of adults globally are classified as overweight or obese but this figure rises in more affluent countries, reaching 58 per cent in Europe and 70 per cent in the US!
Tapping into “hug your boss day” is one method of ensuring a happy workplace
Hugging your boss on “National Hug Your Boss Day” might not be at the top of everyone’s to-do list, but Michael Jenkins, chief executive of Roffey Park Institute, argues it’s a good opportunity to reflect on how compassionate your workplace is.
Funding for apprenticeships unveiled but question marks remain over the new levy system
The government has announced its proposals for how the new funding arrangements for apprenticeships will work. The plans detail, for the first time, what proportion of the cost of training would be borne by businesses.
Mental health is biggest threat to staff so help do something about it
It’s been suggested that UK companies are less competitive due to a culture of silence around mental health in the workplace – and the time is now for business leaders to show the way in encouraging conversation around the issue.
Dont let the open office distract you
By Guy Crabb
Guy Crabb, managing director at workplace design and build contractor ODB Group, explains how clever workspace planning can increase productivity.