Money or Time?
Today, entrepreneurs, most of them, seem to only focus on money. But according to a new study (in the U.S.), new business owners are looking for something else – free time! The study said that 30% of owners said they would rather like to have more spare time than more money. Surprisingly, 30% seems too […]
5 Tips for running Effective Meetings
Continuing from… How to run Effective Meetings? Here are the 5 tips to make brainstorming sessions – effective: The Icebreaker – The first thing is to get in the icebreaker or the energizer – any sort of exercise that would shift the gear of the meeting’s participants into the creative mode. They need to be […]
How to run Effective Meetings?
How to run meetings that are effective? We have had a lot of the so called ‘brainstorming’ session — this term is so often used, don’t know why?! It’s a journey! The first thing to realize is that a meeting – creative thinking – is a journey and not a destination. If we are in […]
The Future Workplace?
Continue reading from… Is there a better way to work? Here are the some of the guidelines of ROWE (Results-Only-Work Environment) that are designed for people to get them thinking of how they could actually perform efficiently and effectively. Employees at all levels stop doing any work that is a waste of their time, the […]
Is there a better way to work?
The whole 40 hours/week thing originated from the Fair Labour Standards Act of 1938 and was conceptualized to end the child labour practice and also establish the minimum wage. This has been used as the standard for efficiency, competency and effectiveness. But in this information & service economy, is this good enough measurement of a […]
Back from Depression
Depression has become a lot more common these days. Depressed people often go for therapies to restore their mental health. So, what does one do in order to make a good comeback to the office? The colleagues It is challenging for an employee who has suffered from this mental illness to ‘adjust’ with the whole […]
Boring Meetings? First of all…
If the meeting starts getting boring, then the number of ways to lighten it up is few. Company meetings always need to ensure that it doesn’t tilt to the gloomy side. Here are some simple ideas – suggestions which are not hard to follow – to break the ice. Cut the Formality! A cheerful business […]
Interior Design Basics In The Office
There has been an ever rising demand in finding the best interior designing ideas for the office. In the earlier days, a usual corporate environment would be sealed by four grey walls, a few simple cubicles and some rare accessories. Today, it has evolved significantly from those dull simple desks to wonderful, positivity-inducing hubs. The […]
Save that money!!
Measure those cracks !! It’s not always about your employees and their efficiency, you know! So how efficient is your office? You may never have considered about it, never ‘realized’ it (to be more precise), but the amount of extra money that an office could be spending could be humongous – all too subtly. No […]
Small things that matter….
Little things are Big! When we talk about office supplies, we just overlook them. The cost of all the little things like paper, ink, needed to operate is seldom over budgeted. But hey they can add up to a lot and when it comes to small businesses especially, they really go on to spend huge […]