A Practical Guide to Practicing Empathy: The 5 Ls

With all the "magic bullets" being marketed these days, it's difficult to tell what's effective and what's nothing more than an expensive placebo or clickbait. Workplace productivity "cures" are no exception, bringing us to contemplate if techniques such as mindfulness and meditation actually improve job performance, or if they'll leave us with little more than wasted hours.

Spending a lot of time analyzing comes with opportunity cost.

So how do we deal with this?

Hot desking divides workspaces by use rather than person. Assigned desks and cubicles disappear; commonly shared breakout spaces take their place. The jury is out on hot desking’s productivity. Here’s what companies need to know.

Nobody's an expert at EVERYTHING -- business is simply too complex and fast changing! Whether you engage them for an assignment or hire them full time, here's how to effectively manage people with more experience or knowledge than you -- and make yourself, your team and your company even more successful.