Tag: Productivity

It is natural for employees to disconnect from work when they are on their notice period. “Why should I bother? I am anyway about...

Twitter has decided that it will reopen its offices as the impact and cases of COVID 19 has declined in the last couple of...

The role of managers in modern-day organisations has changed. They manage in complex environments and highly-competitive markets. These are significant pressures on ongoing peak...

Employee training and development programmes are crucial to the success of businesses across the world. Since they offer opportunities to the workforce to improve...

The new economic policy of Japan, released recently, suggests that employers adopt a four-day work week so that employees find time to fulfil their...

Bank of Baroda (BOB) is preparing to offer its staff immense flexibility with the ‘work from anywhere’ and ‘hybrid’ work models being implemented. The...

Amazon has decided to extend the period over which the average of ‘time off task’ is calculated. The e-retailer has been using complicated algorithms...

A firm in Australia has sought advice on Reddit, the social news aggregation and discussion platform, on dealing with an employee who spends too...

The year 2020 was a nightmare for everyone. People want no memories of it. They were happy to bid farewell to it. All hopes...

Gone are the days of reporting to the manager with files and folders after a work is completed. The pandemic has set every employee...

The story of the tortoise and the hare seems to be relevant in today’s workplace. Every manager wants her team to be fast paced...

A report by Forrester shows that a five per cent enhancement in employee engagement can lead to three per cent rise in bottom-line revenue....

The pandemic has led to a majority of the workforce working from home. With remote working come several challenges, most of which revolve around...

With almost 40 per cent of employees being forced to work remotely the world over, a significant 75 per cent of the employees admitted...

Hospitality company, Oyo, has allowed its employees to follow a combination of ‘work from home’ and ‘work from flexible co-working spaces’. It is mainly...

Being proactive is the right approach as far as flexible working is concerned, and for companies such as Mindtree, shifting towards remote working, was...

What is productivity? Is it output or outcome? In the Indian market, the focus tends to be more on the output than the outcome....

Employees, who earlier complained of longer meetings in the conference rooms of offices, now whine about longer zoom calls or conference calls hampering their...

The Union of IT and ITES Employees (UNITE) has sought the fulfilment of certain demands by the state governments and the Centre. The first...

To improve the productivity and focus on work, Gujarat government will give 10-days ‘on duty’ leave to the state government employees for Vipassana or...

We have time and again discussed factors that affect employee engagement and productivity. But who would have thought pollution will also one day feature...

Goldbricking refers to the act of making a worthless item seem valuable. Literally speaking, it is akin to plating an ordinary brick with gold...

Towards the end of October, CEAT launched a new office in Borivali, Mumbai. In a LinkedIn video, Anant Goenka, MD and CO, CEAT, shares...

Modern organisations have begun to look beyond employee engagement to employee enablement. While engagement keeps employees loyal to the organisation, it cannot guarantee higher...

Developed by Richard Thaler, a 2017 Nobel laureate, ‘nudge’ is a concept in behavioural economics, which uses positive reinforcement and indirect suggestions to influence...

According to an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report, global warming is expected to increase heat stress amongst workers, especially in the agriculture sector. The...

Engaged employees are definitely happier, not just at the workplace but also at home. How many times have we heard this? Employee engagement has...

With the festive season already having kicked in, people are soaking in the spirit of merrymaking. However, the energy, enthusiasm and festive aura is...

Organisations should realise that sleep impacts cognitive performance, and lack of it may jeopardise relationships between leaders and their teams. 

One may argue that a happy employee is an engaged employee, however, these are two entirely different facets and the former may or may not lead to the latter

South Asia will be the most affected region, with productivity losses equivalent to 4.8 per cent corresponding to around 40 full-time jobs.

Witnessing morning rudeness may adversely impact performance and goal progress.

From more empowerment to moon lighting, Sriharsha Achar, executive director & chief people officer, Apollo Munich Health Insurance shares eight major trends for HR to look forward to this year.

Employees, irrespective of the era they belong to, always desire to be heard and valued; this is what motivates them and ultimately enhances productivity.

Around 55 per cent Indians feel that lack of vacations decreases productivity.

Experts opine that a biophilic design impacts productivity, creativity and collaboration.

Here’s what organisations should do to ensure they keep their remote staff motivated and performing well

In Luxembourg, people work for only 29 hours per week, and the country has the highest productivity of £51.80 per person per hour. Find out about the most productive countries with minimum working hours.

These managers ensure the workplace is trendy enough for its employees, which, in turn, ensures better productivity.

According to a survey done by TimesJobs, while 90 percent of the respondent employees were keen to work from home, 75 percent of the respondent employers weren’t comfortable with the idea.

Chairs in offices are giving way to quirky bean bags or couches, and swanky coffee tables are replacing the boring study/work desks. Even the conference rooms are getting more playful, be it with the furniture, the décor or the entire setup itself.

The platform will help organisations increase productivity by 60 per cent.

Companies are increasingly allowing the ‘work from home’ facility, but does this benefit them? HR Katha finds out…