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I know. You don’t need a reason. You just know you should get more. But knowing exactly why can push you to make changes and accommodations in your existing sleep habits. The stressful global climate doesn’t help. I know a lot of you are struggling to get enough shut eye nowadays. Every person’s sleep needs […]

Organizations are always on the lookout for productivity drivers but have to be extremely careful so that teams do not burnout from overwork and overwhelm. A good leader must know how to identify these drivers and maximize each one efficiently in order to avoid attrition. Different organizations have different and unique needs. What is similar […]

If you want to show the company that you are a team player and an outstanding employee, you have to learn to “manage up’. Now what does the term “managing up” mean? It means to help your manager meet their expectations and needs. It entails making your manager’s life easier. Now, you might be thinking: […]

Disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic have up-ended most of what we take for granted as ‘normal’ giving birth to the term ‘new-normal’. This general atmosphere of uncertainty has caused us to look inward and focus on our personal health and safety and that of our families. People now give prime importance to family more […]

Sure, we know all the rules there are to implementing time management systems and on almost all of them, having a to-do list is one major component. While writing down all your tasks help keep us feel organized, it’s the execution that ensures the list’s efficiency and our productivity. For example, you might write down […]

Nobody wants to walk into a new office and have nothing to make them feel welcome to the team on their very first day. In any situation, it’s awkward to stand around and have to figure out where to go and what to do first. It is more so, when you are new to the […]

The thought of a looming deadline has a unique effect on each of us. Some get to work long before work is due, some procrastinate till the last minute, and some shut down completely. There are different reasons why we do this, too. While some projects are hard, boring, difficult, or have unreasonable deadlines, lack […]

There is a direct correlation between happy employees and improved workplace productivity. In fact, study after study after study shows that a happy worker creates a high-performing business. In one of the studies, Dr Sgroi of the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick said: “the driving force seems to be that happier workers […]

Not all of us have returned to the workplace. Some employers have encouraged their employees to keep working from home. Others have planned “The Great Return To The Workplace” but had to hold off because of the Omicron variant surge. Digital professionals definitely have the option to keep working from home indefinitely. And those who […]

Is it just me or has the pandemic related lockdowns given us more items to add to our ever growing to-do list? Do you find yourself having to take care of more work and more personal action items? I’m sure everyone can relate. And if you’re a work-from-home parent, that to-do list may have grown […]

The average person will spend approximately 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime. That’s roughly equivalent to 3750 days or 35% of your waking hours. Given that you are happy with your job, it’s still too much time to be spent in an office, if you ask me. This is why the option to do […]

During the New Year, I rearranged my home office with my back against an accent wall. The purpose was for the accent wall to serve as a background to video calls. I was pretty happy with the new arrangement as it meant I had more space to move around. However, a colleague pointed out that […]

The Covid-19 Omicron variant has replaced the Delta variant as the new variant of concern. As of writing, the total number of registered cases surpassed the 300 million mark with 34 countries setting new infection record highs. The dizzying speed of transmission has prompted experts to suggest that getting the virus is not a case […]

With all the silly apps, Time-wasting games, and fake news, technology still has a lot of good to bring to the world. For one, it has improved communication and helped bring together people from around the world. This brought about the advent of global teams. Global teams are people who work for a single business […]

After 2 years of being in the “new normal”, we have gotten a better idea of what the future of work is shaping out to be. There has been a shift in business priorities and a huge change in how work gets done. More focus is given to business continuity plans and building resilience. In […]