“The culture of a working organization is both the common and collective viewpoint on both the meaning and the value of work.” Some of you may recognize this as Robby Slaughter’s personal definition of workplace culture defined in The Methodology Blog.
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Every company and every employee wants to be more productive. Are there actually easy things you can do to make a significant productivity increase in only one day?
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Employee retention. It’s something every company wants, but few achieve. But what if we knew the reason that employees leave?
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Being productive as an employee isn’t just about getting work done. It’s about performing assigned tasks thoroughly, efficiently and in a quality manner—whether people are watching or not.
Over at the Harvard Business Review blog network, Ron Ashkenas asks an important question to professionals: Should you stay late or go home?
Employee productivity is always a hot topic. But is there a relationship between employee productivity and their status as a contractor?
It’s almost certain that you know the phrase “work/life balance.” This is a term which is meant to communicate the notion that people should not let either their personal or professional lives take complete control. But is the idea really possible or just another workplace myth?
Business process improvement is the reason we send emails instead of memos. What do you do if someone doesn’t seem to read your messages because they ask questions you’ve already answered? What happens if they simply don’t do the work assigned?
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Today many of us will spend the final hours of the year wrapping-up the business process improvement projects and tasks we set forth in 2011. The question is, come Monday, what is your plan?
Did you know there are degrees of “interesting”? Sure, we’ve all met someone who is NOT interesting, but have you ever met anyone who is TOO interesting? If not, it is my honor to introduce myself to you: My name is Scott, and I am too interesting. Read on »