How to keep the holiday feeling when you return to work
Holidays are about relaxation, calm and freedom. Is it possible to keep that feeling when you return to work? These four steps will help you find holiday calm in your work day.
11 redundancy emotions I’ve been feeling
I was made redundant yesterday. Over the last two weeks I’ve been asked many times how I feel; a very confusing question. It would be very easy to feel bitter and angry, but I don’t want …
The working mum’s guilt
Thursday is my day with the children, and it is a busy day with swimming and gymnastics classes. However, at the moment I am on a train to London, in a suit on my way to an important work …
What do you need for hotdesking?
These days hotdesking is not necessarily about moving desks within an office, it could be working between several offices, hotels or at home. It is unlikely businesses will move away from hotdesking …
39 keyboard key purchases
Every month one of my most popular posts is Ask advice: how to label keyboard keys so in response to this interest I’ve put together a list of different keyboard key related items you can buy. …
14 things that delay me leaving work
I hotdesk. Every morning I start with a desk and monitor, and at the end of the day I pack everything away. This means it’s easy to keep a clear desk as there is no time for items to build …
Ask advice: how to keep a project daily log
For the whole of this week I am on a Prince2 project management training course, so over the last few weeks I’ve dutifully been doing the pre course reading. I’ve just finished the first …
Ask Advice: working on multiple projects
Things are challenging at work at the moment and it is making me question further whether my organisation system is fit for my job. Since the beginning of April I have gone from working on two closely …
My solution for worn keyboard keys
Over six months ago I asked for advice on how to label the key on my keyboard where the letters had worn off. It has surprised me how many other people have the same problem with their keyboard. I …
13 tips to successful hot desking
There are many reasons an organisation may introduce hot desking; to increase flexibility, to reduce costs, to introduce a different culture. It can be a difficult time for staff to move to this new …
Ask advice: How to label keyboard keys?
My solution: read about how I solved my worn keyboard keys I’ve started having a problem with my keyboard as the letters are wearing off some of the keys. I understand that old keyboards had the …
6 ways my Blackberry has helped my productivity
I’ve now had my Blackberry 8800 for over two months and I’ve been pleasantly surprised how useful I am finding it. Here are six of the ways I’ve used it to help my productivity. …
Product: Imagine postit note wallpaper
Postit notes are fantastic aren’t they? You can write notes on pieces of paper and stick them places so you don’t lose them. Now imagine if you had a section of your wall where you can …
Beyond bullet points
I haven’t posted for the last few days because I have spent a fair amount of the previous week at a large business environment exhibition at which I was kindly asked to present. Presenting for …
Clear desk – is it the solution?
When I’ve read books and articles on introducing organisation into a workplace they often recommend clearing your desk at the end of the day. As a hot desker I question whether this is as good a …