Working Remotely Alleviates Employee Stress

Those employees who work at home at least three days a week are more satisfied with their jobs than their colleagues working at a company’s job site. A study from the University of Wisconsin found that telecommuters reported less friction between an their work life and their personal life. In addition, researchers found that remote […]

Job Stress Increases Chances of Recurring Heart Problems

Recent research has shown that people who have had continued stress on the job after returning from a heart attack had double the risk of having a second one. While there has been a number of studies that have shown a connection between stress at work and developing coronary heart disease, there has been little […]

Who Plays Hooky and Why

With the holidays fast approaching, do you find that more of your employees get “sick” the day before a holiday break? And have you ever called in sick when you really weren’t? (Come on, tell the truth…..) If your employees do (or if you’ve ever done so yourself), you and they are not anomalies: A […]

Wasting Time at Work

If your employees waste  time at work (yours surely don’t, right?), they’re not alone. A recent survey reported that, out of  2,000 workers in a variety of jobs, two-thirds said they wasted time while on the job. How much time? On average, workers said they wasted almost two hours of work out of an 8.5 […]

Generational Differences in the Workplace

Companies tend to believe stereotypes when it comes to how Baby Boomers and Generation Xers work, according to a study by the University of Illinois published earlier this year in the Academy of Management Review. “Our message is the problem isn’t that simple and there are no one-size-fits-all solutions,” said one of the study’s authors, […]

How to Land a Promotion Quicker

Most employees have certain aspirations within their office environment, many of which are centered on moving up in the workplace hierarchy. Promotions are the cornerstone of an employee’s performance and are the driving force behind attempts to do well in every aspect of their job. In most instances, landing a promotion takes time, but there […]