Tag: Productivity

Increasing efficiency and familiarity with your personnel are the key resolutions Leadership Management Australasia advises workplace leaders and managers to adopt.

Three in four Australians take work home with them and one in two put in nine hours in an average working day, according to a global study conducted by workplace solutions provider Regus.

Social media continues to grow, with statistics in Australia showing all platforms increasing. Anna Cairo blogs about why you should consider developing a policy:

“Its emergence has created a vast range of communication opportunities, however, with it comes a blurring of the lines between personal and business communication.”

Use of smartphones and other personal communication devices for work is increasing, according to the results of a recent global survey commissioned by Citrix.

One under-performing member can spoil the work of a whole team, according to a study by UNSW researcher Benjamin Walker, in which he tested the conscientiousness of team members, and proved ‘one bad apple’ at work can indeed ‘spoil the barrel’.

According to a new survey, technology has contributed significantly to Australian office workers becoming more productive – largely at the expense of their personal time, however.

Logitech’s Australian director George Saad blogs about the impacts to employee comfort, productivity and performance when businesses choose to use laptops over desktop PCs.

“With laptop technology matching some desktop computers, businesses are opting for the portability of laptops. The convenience of this is self-evident, however the price is more than the dollars spent.”

Website filtering, as part of a greater online security plan, is one step businesses can take to boost staff productivity, according to security software firm Veritech Corporation.

More than half of the Australasian workforce hates their job or have an indifferent attitude to it, according to a survey conducted on behalf of Leadership Management Australasia (LMA).

LMA’s L.E.A.D. (Leadership Employment & Direction) Survey for 2011 found the almost 60 percent of staff that gain no real satisfaction from their job was a contributing to factor to Australasia’s languishing productivity.

While there is no handbook to ensure your workplace is in tip-top shape as you head into 2011, there is a set of rules to live by – the seven deadly sins, which can be used to guide acceptable organisational behaviour, and ensure your business is performing well in the new year.