Category: Office Life
Common Hazards in the Office
When speaking of workplace safety, people are usually referring to factories, mines, and other industrial settings. These places often expose workers to dangerous conditions, like temperature extremes, the risk of cave-ins and exposure to dangerous materials. The asbestos industry has plenty of examples of dangerous jobs in high risk areas.Read More
10 Tips for Better Health at Work
As a writer who deals primarily in work-life balance issues, I reserve a special place in my heart for health issues — specifically getting and staying healthy. In an office environment, the pace is often slow and temptations are ever-present. Perhaps your goal is to lose weight or maintain a healthyRead More
5 Ways to Find Motivation at Work
Are you sleepwalking through your workday? You’re not alone. Studies show that scores of employees aren’t actively engaged at work for a variety of reasons, which results in poor productivity and a sinking bottom line. The ownership of employee engagement typically starts at the top. Executive leadership and management shouldRead More
How to Deal with Conflict
There will always be conflict at work. It can range from petty squabbles to major disagreements. Sometimes this conflict boils over into angry words or worse. These situations have the potential to damage relationships, your professional growth, even your job. In order to avoid that, here are five tips for how toRead More
Trends: Office of the Future
In the last 50 years there have been dramatic changes in how working space has been provided to employees. Once, almost everybody who was somebody had an office and almost all of them had windows. Eventually this was winnowed down to open space design and cubicles. Now it appears weRead More
5 Workplace Trends to Watch
There are always new trends and themes that emerge in the workplace every year. The most successful people catch onto these trends and ride them to even greater success. Of course, not every office trend may apply to your situation, but that doesn’t mean they won’t in the future. ItRead More
5 Ways to Make Office Life Easier for Introverts
I remember my first experience working in cubicle-land: radio playing in the cubicle next to me, constant hum of voices interrupted occasionally by the sounds of a teleconference blasting over a less-than-considerate colleague’s phone, bursts of laughter, high-energy discussions. The manager was an extrovert who did not think twice aboutRead More
4 Secrets to Success when Starting a New Job
After graduating from college with a fairly broad degree, I quickly realized that my skill set for starting a new job wasn’t as specialized as I had hoped it would be. I knew that I was more than capable of learning new tasks, I just needed someone to take aRead More