All American workers, no matter who they are, need workplace protections, and that includes temporary workers, contractors and all other classes of workers who do the tough jobs to keep the economy running every day. The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA is a vital part of providing… Read more
How 30 Minutes of Reading Each Week Can Make You More Productive
Among a number of good habits that can boost your potential on the job, lots of experts are recommending daily reading as a pick-me-up that can do wonders for your productivity and motivation. No, we’re not talking about reading company reports, or trying to cram sheets of technical specifications into… Read more
The Secret to Eliminating the Skills Gap
Do you feel that your business is a shopping cart with three wheels? A lot of people often feel this way. They feel like there’s just not a cohesive operation firing on all cylinders, that there’s something that needs to be fixed to really make things hum along smoothly. Too… Read more
3 Task Management Apps that Will Improve Your Workday
Have a lot to do during a normal workday? We all do. That’s why something called ‘task management’ is in vogue today. It’s a way to prioritize all of those little things that need done, and really focus in on each task to achieve good time management. So how do… Read more
How to Support an Employee Going Through a Career Change
Companies like to hire from within. It helps provide incentives for workers, and it keeps a lot more of a consistent result in terms of the community of people who come together to support a business. But it also requires that the company help an individual transition from one role… Read more
Refocus and Reevaluate Your 2015 Goals as Q4 Approaches
Smart managers and business leaders know that there’s no such thing as finishing your work and sitting on your laurels. They know that it’s ultimately important to always keep advancing, to take your career to the next level and really guide the company or enterprise to new heights of success.… Read more
Will Headphones in the Workplace Boost Productivity or Put Your Team at Risk?
Over the last few decades, it’s been a big controversy — should workers be able to listen to music at work? This question has been asked and answered in clerical offices and industrial environments. It’s been applied to all sorts of work, from claims processing to product delivery to IT… Read more
Utilizing New Heat Safety App from OSHA
Companies benefit by using all of the best new tools and technologies to implement worker safety initiatives. Now the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has produced a new iPhone and Android app that will help workers and employers to pay attention to heat indexes, to cultivate better heat safety… Read more
Creating a Competitive Company Culture
Companies need corporate cultures where people are motivated to succeed individually, where they have a competitive spirit and personal initiative. But they also need company cultures where people get along and enjoy working together. How do you cross that bridge? Sometimes it may seem like a balancing act, but you… Read more
Start Getting More Done By Setting Out to Do Less
Among the many things that life coaching and career coaching people consult on, time management is a big one. We’ve often heard this term thrown around in leadership literature and other business communications, but it’s extremely hard to really define the details without looking at this on a case-by-case basis,… Read more