When Renting Office Furniture Is The Best Option Want a beautiful new office, but can’t afford to purchase everything all at once? Furnishing an entire office can be expensive, especially for a new business. If your budget is tight, renting office furniture in Houston may be an option to consider. Even if there isn’t a monetary reason, there may still Read More
Green Office Walls Make Workers More Productive You probably never think about the color of your office and how it affects your mood, profitability and productivity, but it does. What colors you choose for the office can have a dramatic effect on your employees, clients and other visitors. These effects are subliminal and instinctive, creating either a good or bad Read More
Fun Ways to Incorporate March Madness Into the Workplace Here they come – countless articles filled with statistical facts that “March Madness” kills productivity. Of course, productivity matters and it is important for employees to remain functional over the next three weeks. But, let’s face it – it’s highly likely that employees will show up at their jobs only to Read More
How Introverts Can Survive The Open Office Floor Plan Consider the modern office layout: the open floor plan featuring lots of common space flooded with natural light, clusters of collaborative office desks – all designed to encourage teamwork, boost productivity and (management hopes) improve the bottom line. That type of office layout looks great on the company’s website, and most likely the Read More
How To Create A Fragrance-Free Working Environment When I was pregnant with my son, I became very sensitive to certain smells. One whiff of my office cubicle neighbor’s Cucumber-melon body lotion from Bath and Body Works was enough to make me head straight for the nearest trashcan. I had to delicately ask her to please never ever use that lotion Read More
Discussing Politics At Work: How to Remain Respectful It’s an age-old phrase “Never talk about sex, religion or politics at work.” Why is that? The obvious answer is that it can lead to conflict. But the truth is, the months leading up to the election, you may find it hard to keep quiet about politics. Remnants of the campaigns bleed into Read More
4 Signs You Work With An Office Bully I am a parent to a gifted child and it wasn’t until a few years ago, that I fully understood how much he’d been bullied through his elementary school life. He moved to a different school this year and I’d hoped that a new environment would expose him to more kids and yield Read More
Selecting The Right Office Cubicle Wall Height When you are ready to outfit your workplace with office cubicles, the first thing you’ll notice is that you are met with an abundance of choices – new, refurbished, different colors, different shapes and sizes and available in varying wall heights! They are very versatile! There are many factors to consider when choosing the correct office cubicle Read More
The Standing Room Only Workplace This is probably not the first you’ve heard of this but the ill effects of remaining seated for long periods of time is said to be bad for your health. It even has a name, sitting disease. More recently, health experts have gone so far as to suggest that offering ways for individuals to exercise Read More
How to Stay Warm and Productive in a Cold Office No matter the temperature outside, it always seems to be too cold in the office. Last year, an article surfaced regarding the differences of men and women’s temperature preferences in the workplace. Apparently, this study sited that the formulation for office thermostats seems to be catered towards the preferences of men. Read More
Why Introverts Love Office Cubicles Office cubicles have gotten a bad rep over the years. Probably because every time a miserable job or employee is portrayed on TV, there they are – rows and rows of them, looking dull and monotonous. Initech ring any bells? “Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays!” The contemporary trend towards forced collaboration Read More
4 Easy Ways to Avoid Desk Job Back Pain Like most people with a desk job, I spend a great deal of time sitting in my office cubicle in front of a computer. Every job I’ve held post-college has been a desk job, and my non-work looks exactly like my “real” work—seated, with a laptop. While I managed to stay Read More
How to Make and Keep Employees Happy Employee validation is almost as important as a good paycheck. In order to make and keep employees happy, you must create a positive workplace. Employees need to have a sense of ownership of the company’s image, reputation and long-term growth. You’ve got to get employees to feel that they own the place, not Read More
Steps Businesses Can Take to Prevent Workplace Theft My 11-year old son recently went on a school field trip to “business town” where kids experience a virtual workplace filled with banks, businesses and other services that mimic real world. The idea of this trip was to let kids practice life in a business scenario. He was hired as an advertising salesman where Read More
Big Ideas For Small Conference Rooms The boardroom, conference room or ad-hoc meeting room of any business is extremely important. A majority of business planning occurs in this room and for that reason it’s essential to have a well-designed conference room, even if space is an issue. Conference Table: If you have a small conference room, it’s important to start Read More
8 Ways To Modernize Your Office Cubicle If you’re like much of the world, you spend about forty hours a week sitting in a neutral colored gray box. The standard office cubicle may not be pretty however, there isn’t a rule that your cube has to feel like a jail cell. In fact, if you focus some decorating effort into Read More
8 Ways to Fall In Love With Your Job Again Fallen out of love with your job? Or maybe you never really loved it in the first place. Loving your job can be hard, especially if you are bored by your work or if you do not feel included or appreciated. If you are finding it hard to love what Read More
Why You Need a Space Planner For Your Next Office Redesign Planning to redesign your office layout? As organizations grow, planning for staffing and space utilization becomes critical. Organizations that have grown, downsized, or simply reorganized can benefit from having a professional space planner assist in the transition. Deciding to add-on to the current building, build up, move locations, rent Read More
Are You A Good Office Cubicle Neighbor or An Annoying One? I truly do miss working in an office cubicle. There was something comforting about a little “boxed-off” section of the office that was solely mine. A place where I could escape, keep my head down and get my work done! That is, unless the day was filled with distractions Read More
How To Work For A Micromanaging Boss I’ve had all types of managers – lazy, clueless, supportive, encouraging, inspiring and micromanaging just to name a few. For me, the most challenging type of boss to work for was the super controlling boss who loved to spend their time looking over my shoulder micromanaging my every move. If you work for Read More
