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6 Epic Office Holiday Party Ideas
Guaranteed to turn your workplace into an office holiday party place. But how do you transform a boring, familiar workspace into a festive party space? How do you create a different atmosphere that makes it feel like a special occasion, and not just a dressed-up meeting with better food? The answer: Make it Epic!
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Creating Workspaces for Generation Z
Quick, flexible workspaces for Generation Z hires Your newest hires might be eager to climb the company ladder, but they’re not after your corner office. The young people who are joining the workforce today are radically different from the Boomers they’re replacing. They want flexible workspaces and adaptable schedules. They want freedom. It’s not that […]
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Join the Activity-Based Working Movement
Your laptop is powerful and practically weightless. All the tools and documents you could ever need are in the cloud. There’s WiFi everywhere. So why are you chained to your desk all day? Could you transform your work life overnight, just by moving your office furniture around? A group of forward-thinking office designers thinks so, […]
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Productive Office Layout Essentials [Checklist]
A common workplace layout is not an uncommon business facilities strategy. There continues to be a steady incline of organizations embracing its rewards as well as its challenges — including how it may affect productivity. As you continue to tweak your strategy, look to this checklist to help you achieve a productive office layout. Find […]
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Open Office Survival Guide
If you’re facing common challenges with the open office like everyone else, try this open office survival guide. These days, open office plans are a common workplace feature. You’re likely more than a little familiar with an open office layout, because you’ve created one in your own workplace, or are planning to do so. At […]
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Create Space for In-person Meetings
Be more profitable with face-to-face interactions between your brand and customers. Let’s face it: Screens are great, and thanks to technology, most of us can keep in touch with co-workers and clients with online tools anytime day or night. But sometimes, a personal interaction can be even more meaningful—with clients, prospects, and employees. If you’ve […]
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Your Summer Workplace Change Guide
Get 5 expert tips to keep employees engaged over the warmer months. We can’t quite believe it, but summer is here. Studies show it’s the season when worker productivity takes a nosedive. When more people are out of the office on vacation, and those left behind wish they were taking time off. It’s a perfect […]
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5 Office Hacks Inspired by Home Offices
If you’ve ever used a Post-it note to sweep away crumbs from your laptop keyboard then you’re well aware of life hacks. For those uninitiated, life hacks are simple tips or tricks that make your everyday life easier and better. With that in mind, we’ve found five office hacks, for your desk and workplace, inspired […]
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Your Office Layout: What’s it say about your business?
Four most common workplace types Take a moment and look around your office. Is it open and lively? Closed and quiet? Do you notice natural light? What about a break room that beckons? You may not realize this on a day-to-day, but your office layout can speak volumes about your corporate culture—to clients, prospective talent, […]
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2017 Workplace Trends: HR Emerges
People are at the epicenter of this year’s workplace trends. According to a study of HR professionals, 83% of HR professionals felt the “employee experience” is either important or very important to an organization’s success. An office birthday party where trail mix and fresh fruit are served. A yoga room that gives staff a mindful […]
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Warehouse Storage Guide
Need extra space around the office for the new year? Here are some warehouse storage tips and options to consider. Here’s a New Year’s resolution you can actually keep: Get your office space in order. Unlike training for an ultra marathon, re-configuring the office is something you can actually get done and feel good about. […]
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Are You Choosing The Right Facility Vendor?
Here are some key pointers to think about. The reality for most businesses is that for day-to-day needs, everything from catering to computers, there are often many contracted vendors coming in and out of the office. That can open your workplace up to risk. (Think of all those open computer screens, all that sensitive paperwork […]
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Top Five Moving Mistakes for Businesses to Avoid
Are they worth the risks? Shrink your post-move punchlists by avoiding these mistakes. In order to facilitate the most efficient move possible, it’s important to cover all the moving parts thoroughly. Lack of communication with your employees and vendors are just one of the costly mistakes you can avoid. 1. Choosing the lowest bidder without […]
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The Truth About Open Workspaces
While open office plans and shared workspace environments have been championed as ways to boost collaboration, productivity, and creativity; new studies reveal that open-plan offices have detrimental effects on workers. Studies have shown that employees in open-plan offices show an increase in stress-levels, and a decrease in focus and productivity. The Gensler Study conducted by the […]
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Turn an Ordinary Workstation into a Cool Workstation
You spend a lot of our time at work. Your workstations should be inviting and stimulating, but also a blank canvas that you can decorate to reflect your individual personality. A well-designed workstation can affect our mood and foster creativity. Turn your workstation from ordinary to cool with these creative ideas—that are also easy on […]
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To Avoid the Flu, Just Look at Your Cubicle
Looking to improve employee health and wellness in the workplace? The cold and flu season is the time of year when it often feels as if getting sick is just inevitable. The workplace is one of the biggest culprits when it comes to spreading germs. More than ever before, employees are feeling pressured not to […]
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Declutter Your Workspace for the New Year
If you’re like most of us, office clutter can seem inevitable. But, you’d be surprised how little you actually need most items left in your workspace. Learning to declutter old items is a great way to give yourself the space you need to create something new in the new year. According to Michelle Rafter, the […]
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Tenant Strategies to Follow
Each passing year means new trends for office managers to stay on top of. Staying on top of trends ensures your workplace is an environment to foster collaboration and communication. Not to mention that a new fiscal year might dictate the growth or reduction of office space, which means planning an office move just might […]
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Confessions From The IT Department
Have you ever wondered: what does the IT department do? Often, we only interact with IT when there is something wrong with our computer, network, or operating system, and we need it fixed immediately. Perhaps you’ve sent an email to someone in the IT department, hours have passed, you still have no solution, and the […]
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Ways To Improve Workplace Safety
Are you looking to improve workplace safety? OSHA estimates that “businesses spend $170 billion a year on costs associated with occupational injuries and illnesses.” These expenditures come straight out of company profits. Workplaces that establish safety and health management systems can improve their workplace safety efforts and reduce their injury and illness costs by 20 […]
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How Successful Companies Get Their Dream Office
Successful businesses have proven that when it comes to planning your next big move, timing is everything. To continue to grow, you need to plan ahead and have the foresight to work on your next big steps. In a recent article for Entrepreneur Magazine, Mark Henricks writes, “While moving carries risks, a move can be […]
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Is Starbucks the New Office?
You may think that long work hours means you are getting more done. But, in fact, the later it gets in the workday, the more difficult it is to focus, and the easier it is to make mistakes. Look around your office. Are your employees engaging with each other, working on the next creative project, […]
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Create a Coffee Shop Atmosphere for Your Office
Last month, after reading 5 Reasons Why Starbucks is the Only Office You Need, we were inspired to take a closer look at the traditional office with Part I of our discussion, Is Starbucks the New Office? This month, we’ve created an action-plan for how you can give your workplace that coffee shop atmosphere: a […]
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Effects of Long Work Hours on Employee Productivity
You may think that long work hours means you are getting more done. But, in fact, the later it gets in the workday, the more difficult it is to focus, and the easier it is to make mistakes. From typos in memos, to sending emails to the wrong clients—it is a physical reality that your […]
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Create a Workplace for All Ages
Does your workplace foster collaboration between your employees, or do people from different generations and experience levels seem isolated from each other? Here are some steps to help you create a healthy work environment for all ages. According to The Economist, the workplace is becoming increasingly more divided. Younger generations often resent Babyboomers for retiring […]
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Throw a Legendary Office Holiday Party (the Right Way!)
It’s that time of year again: it smells like pumpkin spice and everything nice. Which means that it’s time to party! But, how do you throw a office holiday party that will be the new gold standard of all company parties? Here’s our list of do’s and don’ts so that you don’t miss a beat, […]
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Warehouse Storage: The Benefits You Never Knew
It’s the end of the year. The office is busy, busy, busy. Sales teams are wrapping up their Q4 goals, fulfillment is shipping out holiday orders, your accounting department is in overdrive—and half the team has holiday travel plans. Here are 5 ways that your business can benefit from warehouse storage during the holidays (and […]
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5 Office Space Trends
As your business wraps up this year’s final quarter, it’s only too easy to reflect on how your business performed—not how your business space performed. Yet it’s critical to evaluate how your facilities support your company goals, employee satisfaction, and overall productivity. 1. Maximizing Office Space the Right Way As the price per square foot […]
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The Rise of the Creative Office
You’ve heard of it, you might have secretly envied the 24/7 sushi bar at Google, or maybe you work in such a space already—but the creative office space trend is picking up serious momentum. Its origins possibly date back to the dot-com era when startup companies preserved their limited capital by buying spare doors and […]
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Creative Office Space Planning
Considering a Creative Office Space? Here’s What to Know First HR departments have long understood the lure of a strong employee benefits package to help attract and retain employees, but more and more employers and facilities managers are hopping on board the creative office space trend and coming around to the idea of another, less […]
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