Workplace stress isn’t just annoying — it’s as bad for your health as secondhand smoke, according to a new study by researchers at Harvard Business School and Stanford University. “When you think about how much time individuals typically spend at work, it’s not that surprising,” says study co-author Joel Goh, an assistant professor of business […]

’Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society’ – Mark Twain Dress to impress – so the saying goes. So, are there any secrets for what to wear for a job interview or a first date? You never get a second chance to make a first impression. According to a recent survey, […]

There is an exciting addition to the office* 2015 keynote line up, with Professor Stephen Hawking’s former PA confirmed as headline speaker. Judith Croasdell worked as PA to Hawking at Cambridge University from 2004-2014. At office* 2015 she will be sharing exclusive insights from her long and colourful career – from starting out as a […]

Flexible working is good for both employee and employer. Director.co.uk’s David Langhorn believes businesses need to do more. The value of flexible working to businesses and employees alike has been widely known for some years and was well documented prior to the flexible working legislation coming into effect in 2014. In fact, research conducted by RSA and […]

Professional women haven’t been at a loss for advice in recent years – there are countless articles about the ways women can advance their careers. And while it’s undoubtedly important to show women how to be better self-advocates, that’s only half the solution. When women do assert themselves, many often feel that no one hears […]

You see your employees almost every day, and some of you probably spend more time with them than with your family, friends or significant other. But beyond all those company brainstorming sessions, marathon meetings and group lunches, you still may not know much about your employees.     To change that and break the ice to create some common ground, many […]

Why do you go to networking events? Have lunch with colleagues? Seek out advice from experts—and your peers? The answers to these questions are self-evident. Face-to-face relationship building is a natural part of our work and lives. But when it comes to using social media to build business relationships, many women come up short says […]

With all the jobs being advertised through the media today, how do you cut through the noise to get yours heard? Well, this one will certainly would catch your attention… As posted on jobs.theguardian.com the position of Senior Personal Assistant to the Archbishop of Canterbury is currently available: With its network of parishes covering the […]

PMI surveys signal weakest economic growth for 2.5 years   As reported today by The Guardian – Britain’s economy is losing momentum, knocked by weaker household spending and worries about the global outlook, according to the latest in a string of downbeat business surveys. Business activity grew at the slowest pace for more than two […]

Receiving praise and recognition in the workplace motivates us for simple tasks but not for more complex projects, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Greenwich academic.
 “The rewards that most people experience in relation to their day to day work are not financial, but rather verbal or written recognition from their […]

The way you start your morning can set you up for the whole day – and beyond. We know that when you feel good inside, you’re ready to make the most of the life on the outside. These days, with our busy work schedules, long hours at the office, frenetic modern lifestyle and unhealthy food […]

Study of UK, US and India finds companies suffer large opportunity cost of having male-only executive teams.   Companies perform better when they have at least one female executive on the board, a study of companies in the UK, US and India shows.   Companies with male-only executive directors missed out on £430bn of investment […]

PAs are multitaskers in the truest meaning of the word, handling everything including travel arrangements, admin tasks, answering emails, organising meetings and events and everything in between. Yet they are often the unsung heroes of the office, never looking for praise from their colleagues for the amount of work they do, and therefore are often […]

Over one-half of British travellers stick to what they know and claim to feel the frustrations of travel according to the Egencia Global Traveller Survey   Business travellers from the United Kingdom are very consistent when choosing a hotel for a business trip with 54 percent saying they always stay at the same hotel brand when […]

The likely toll of long working hours is revealed in a major new study which shows that employees still at their desks into the evening run an increased risk of stroke – and the longer the hours they put in, the higher the risk. The largest study conducted on the issue, carried out in three […]

Employees want flexibility and freedom from outdated work practices. For this to happen, organisations must empathise with the individual behind the output   So many of our current working patterns are hugely outdated – the idea of ‘nine to five’ was conceived during the industrial revolution. Our culture of presenteeism was born out of conformity, […]

A third of women employed in Britain are not eligible for inclusion in a State-backed plan that encourages working-age people to save into a pension. Three years ago, on October 1, the Government launched auto-enrolment, so called because employers are legally bound to sign up workers to a pension scheme – without needing to ask […]

There is nothing unusual about losing hair — we all shed an average of 100 hairs a day. Most of these, about 80 per cent, are lost when washing or brushing your hair; the rest will simply drift away throughout the day. According to experts however, a fifth of women are losing their hair because […]