Office lighting is also a major user of electrical power and a source of greenhouse emissions. In contrast, natural light is available and cost-effective, leading to “daylighting” which is defined as a building design that makes effective use of outside light in relation to heating, cooling, and lighting, and it also works to improve employee prod
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Daylighting: How Sunlight in Your Office Dramatically Improves Productivity
Posted by dlanders under TechnologyFrom http://www.productivitytoday.com 5810 days ago
Made Hot by: on June 3, 2008 2:03 am
Time Trashing & Organization: More Than Meets the Eye
Posted by dlanders under Self-DevelopmentFrom http://www.productivitytoday.com 5820 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 27, 2008 5:49 pm
Trashing is what happens when more time is spent switching between tasks than actually accomplishing useful work. While organizing your work space and your personal life is positive, make sure that you do not spend more time on the planning than in actually doing the work.
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Improving Executive Function: How Time Management Systems Strengthen Performance
Posted by dlanders under ResourcesFrom http://www.productivitytoday.com 5827 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 19, 2008 7:09 pm
To limit sustained harm to your brain's executive functioning, you need to find ways to lessen daily stress that can result from multitasking. To counter this need for multitasking:
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8 Habits of Unproductive People
Posted by dlanders under StartupsFrom http://www.productivitytoday.com 5840 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 6, 2008 7:24 pm
We want to continually increase productivity and are always looking at ways to work more efficiently so that we “find” more time. When we are accomplishing more, there actually ends up being more time for us to enjoy life. Unfortunately, we sometimes make mistakes that lower our productivity. Here is a list of 8 things unproductive people do:
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Handling Phone Calls for Better Time Management
Posted by dlanders under StartupsFrom http://www.productivitytoday.com 5840 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 5, 2008 8:41 pm
Picture this: you get to work on time (because you've followed a well-thought-out morning routine!), you have fresh coffee just the way you like it, your computer is completely booted up and ready to get some work done, and you look over to see your neatly stacked pile of projects for the day—already prioritized because you've mastered your paper
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Backing Up Home Files
Posted by dlanders under TechnologyFrom http://www.productivitytoday.com 5840 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 5, 2008 5:33 pm
You know about backing up files at work, but when you get home it is easy to overlook the home computer, which in so many cases has insinuated itself into household routines. You come home, you check your email. You need to write a quick thank you to a friend, you run to the computer to pull up her address. You want to keep up with your nieces and
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Emotional Blocks to Time Management
Posted by dlanders under ManagementFrom http://www.productivitytoday.com 5840 days ago
Made Hot by: on May 5, 2008 5:33 pm
Do you know of someone who is always being told to “get organized” so that he or she will show up on time, manage to find things, and get more done? Stress affects many people as they strive to cope with multiple daily tasks and events. However lack of time is not the only factor in struggling with time management skills...
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Avoid Crisis Management with These Simple Daily Schedule Changes
Posted by dlanders under StartupsFrom http://www.productivitytoday.com 5854 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 20, 2008 7:14 pm
There is no question that crises do arise from time to time, issues that require everyone to change focus. However they tend to occur much more frequently then needed. In so many situations, prior planning would obviate the need for last-minute rush efforts.
How can you start to make changes within your organization to limit the fire-fighting
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How Organized Offices Create Happier, More Productive Teams
Posted by dlanders under Human ResourcesFrom http://www.productivitytoday.com 5861 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 16, 2008 7:09 pm
Disorganization is a major cause of job dissatisfaction.
If the disorganization is your own, then you can choose to make changes. However, whether you are the disorganized one or the organized one working with a disorganized colleague, that lack of organization has an impact on you.
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Mental Health and Productivity
Posted by dlanders under Human ResourcesFrom http://www.productivitytoday.com 5866 days ago
Made Hot by: on April 11, 2008 2:23 pm
I find this such a big issue - yet so often missed:
How do mental health issues affect productivity in the workplace?
* 222.7 million days of work are lost each year because of absences and problems pertaining to depression, costing companies $51.5 billion. (National Institute of Mental Health)
* Employees with depression who receiv
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