Plants Reduce Stress and Increase Productivity in Offices

Recent research reveals that distributing plants throughout the office workplace can both lower stress and enhance employee productivity. Testing was done in cubicles that had been designed to replicate the average office environment.

Safety Comes First When Working With Glass

Work place accidents can be caused by working when tired, which results in bad decision making. Hopefully, this story will prevent some other people having this sort of accident.

Six Steps to Effective Meetings

Most people in medium and large businesses, government, non-profits and other organizations spend the majority of their time in meetings. This article discussed six steps that anyone can take to make meetings more productive.

Empowerment Equals Abandonment?

Empowerment is a frequently used word and excuse that often leads to abandonment of an employee...

Increasing Retention, Warding Off the Cost of Attrition

For several years, industry experts have warned of a pending retention crisis and the need to have a retention plan in place. How prepared is your organization?

Tips on How to Handle Conflict in the Workplace

Conflict in the workplace is inevitable. When you throw a group of people together, in close quarters, differences are bound to surface. Here are some tips on how to handle conflict in the workplace.

More on Difficult Discussions at Work: Planning Your Approach

There's a lot to think about when you need to initiate a difficult interaction -- the kind of discussion that is required when a colleague is taking credit for your ideas, is not delivering on their part or is just plain making you look bad.

Employee Satisfaction Surveys: What Are My Employees Thinking?

The best way to find out about a person's attitude is to ask them--and one method of doing this is through an employee attitude survey. Attitude surveys are probably one of the best tools managers have for taking a barometer reading of what is happening in the workplace at any given point. However, if improperly administered, it can be a source of employee discontent.

Employee Computer Time Clocks

Employee time clocks are used by many organizations to help keep track of employee hours for payroll purposes. The clock systems include standard mechanical time clocks, electronic time card style systems, freestanding polling, and memory-based clocks. Employee computer time clocks comprise systems replacing the punch-card time clocks in industries. Also known as “time and attendance systems,” they provide numerous benefits to both large and small companies.

Preventing the Danger and Liability of Workplace Violence

Discussing the benefits of proper behavioral analysis and threat assessment in the workplace. Reducing liability by recognizing risk factors and putting proper means of prevention in place.

Tips To Host A Successful Teleconference

Learn how to host a successful teleconference with your business associates, partners or clients.

Performance Management

Measurement of actual performance does not only mean knowing what has happened, but also what is likely to happen. It means that deviations are predicted in advance, which helps the management to take corrective action in advance for the achievement of goals. As such, it is desirable to measure performance as soon as the operations are completed. Not only this, it can also be measured while the activity is in progress, so that appraisal would be possible in time.

Email Hot-Seat: Windows Live Mail Beta Review

Microsoft is in the midst of building a new Web 2.0 property branded as Windows Live (currently in beta). Windows Live is part of Microsoft’s strategy to directly compete with Google in their core areas such as search, mapping, and email. This is a preview of the Windows Live beta product.

Giving Feedback without Creating Conflict: A Mediator's Guide

Giving feedback consistently and effectively can make the difference between a workplace that's able to honestly confront problems and celebrate successes, and one that suffers from low motivation and fear of hidden agendas. A workplace mediator and conflict management coach offers advice for giving feedback without creating conflict in the process.

MIS & Communication Skills

In my this article I have emphasize on the need of Communication Skills in Management Information System.