How Businesses Have Been Focusing on Mental Health
Looking after the mental health of employees should be a top priority for business owners. The average 9 to 5 Monday to Friday worker spends more than 25% of their lives at work, so it’s imperative that their mental health is looked after. Talking about mental health issues isn’t always easy, however. Although an increasing amount of people have been opening up about their mental health when compared to previous decades, we still have far to go; employees are often afraid to speak out about their issues due to the potential stigma that still surrounds mental health. 1. Communication It’s easy to get caught up in the tech bubble if…
5 Ways to Eliminate Distractions in the Workplace
Time is money. Unfortunately, very few professionals –– and even fewer businesses –– make efficient use of their time. In fact, the average employee spends around 5 hours on their phone every week while at the office. That adds up to lots of time and money lost in the long run. Fortunately, progressive business owners can help their team stay focused by eliminating distractions in the workplace. Here are our five top tips for accomplish this goal: Opt for a Redesign Plain and simple, your office design may be letting you and your team down. Thin walls, poor lighting, noisy neighbors, foul-smelling bathrooms or kitchen areas –– all of these…
Fun Ways to Keep Employees Motivated
It goes without saying that productive employees are the best employees. Employees who are engaged are 27 percent more likely to report better performance, and businesses with better employee engagement report 202 percent better performance than businesses with lower engagement, but even the best of employees can become tired and demotivated from time to time. There are things you can do and tools you can use, such as those that will output short URLs for marketing that can play into an employee’s daily and overall productivity, but ultimately, an employee’s motivation goes hand-in-hand with their levels of productivity. Although there aren’t any tools out there that allow you to simply…
Effective Tips on Managing Your Business Remotely
A significant number of entrepreneurs are now making decisions about running their day to day business operations with the help of the internet right at the comfort of their home. Though this business idea might be an ideal set up for most business owners and its employees, you must know to set it up the right way and turn things into a reality. If you want this kind of set-up for your future business, then you have to understand that there are some challenges that you may face in the future. Following these tips can help make your remote business successful. Hire the right people You have to remember that…
4 Non-Financial Benefits to Lure the Best Workers to Your Business
As we all know, we are in the age of the start-up. Even though the economy may have been a little shaky over recent times, this seems to have propelled a lot of entrepreneurs who have started their own enterprise and ultimately prospered. There’s just one problem with a lot of these young and ambitious companies; they don’t tend to be awash with cash. It means that even if they do attract very good workers, the chances of retaining them can be tricky. Or, they might not attract them at all. This is where you have got to think outside the box. Let’s take a look at some of the…
5 Reasons to Write Notes in a Meeting Instead of Memorizing
A study to establish ways in which employees’ waste time at work concluded that too many meetings were the biggest time-waster. Most workers will try remembering the proceedings of the meeting but will end up forgetting most of the things they learned, especially if they don’t take notes. If you want your meetings to work, you have to set a clear objective, prepare the agendas, and invite interested people only. However, these strategies alone will not be useful if you do not send out notes. If no one documents the decisions, then you must get ready to schedule another meeting to talk about the same agendas. Here are five reasons…
7 Tips in Building a Health and Wellness Company
One of the most exciting entrepreneurial paths that an individual can pursue is the development of a health and wellness company. In addition to providing you with the opportunity to pursue economic growth, these companies enable individuals to offer customers products that will improve their mental and physical well-being. To make the most of your entrepreneurial efforts, it’s immensely important for you to know how to build your company in a manner that will optimize key factors such as conversion and customer retention. Use some or all of the following seven tips to get your company going and growing now: 1. Research, Research, Research If you’re really serious about building…
10 Ways to Have More Fun with Your Remote Team
The virtual office is now a reality. A significant percentage of the workforce telecommutes and even many regular office goers now do as much as a third of their work online or remotely. This creates new opportunities and challenges for office managers and supervisors as well as employees. On the one hand, one of the best things about working remotely is the flexibility workers have to set their own schedules. Most telecommuters are also happy to miss the real world commute along with the traffic, bad weather and grumpy fellow commuters. When employees can set their own schedules, they tend to be more productive and creative. On the other hand, the…
Great Places for Team Building
Any firm that underestimates the power of team building is likely to have a higher than necessary staff turnover and lower productivity levels. Team building is more than just a fun day out. By giving your staff the opportunity to integrate and really get to know each other they will be better able to communicate in the workplace, work harder and be more likely to find solutions to issues that arise. Their productivity will rise. Fortunately, if you’re based in or near Sydney there is some fantastic team building events in the area. Check out some of these ideas: Go Racing You can choose to take your team go-carting to…
How to Improve Your Labor Productivity by Using Time and Attendance Software
One of the largest contributors to the success of any business is employee productivity. It is something that many businesses – large and small – strive to improve in order to increase that productivity. One of the most effective ways to achieve this and not add additional costs to the organization is through the use of time management tools. One such tool that is often left out of this equation is employee time and attendance tracking software. Ximble has an effective time tracking tool that can improve the productivity of your workforce without major cost to your company. Here is a look at why that type of software program could…
