Successful implementation of a change management plan requires change leadership skills that smooth the way for all parties.

When you’re planning an office, there are so many different factors to consider. You have to think about the furniture you need, your budget, your layout, your color scheme, just to name a few. But as you get ready to make a new start in a redesigned office, there’s one more thing worth considering: how you’d like to use texture in your space.  With so many things to worry about, texture can easily get overlooked during the planning process.

Several industries have begun to better understand and appreciate the impact space design can have on the productivity and morale of their team, and how to maximize it.

Architects can design to improve employee wellness with creative solutions that can transform a workplace and revolutionize office culture.

Keeping with the energy and pace of the modern office can be facilitated with mutlifunctional seating that can be molded throughout the office layout.

Mundane chores take up our time and headspace. Bundling life admin into specific time slots - known as GYLIO - might be the ultimate act of self-care.

Most will make you optimistic about the future. One will prep you for a dystopian, alternate universe. Just in case.

With the start of the new year, people all over the world are feeling inspired to start something new in 2020. For many people, that might be a new fitness plan or another lifestyle change. But while you’re thinking about all the things you can do to live your best life in 2020, why not consider how you can improve time spent at work? Reconsidering your office design is a great way to energize employees going into the new year. Not only can it help improve productivity, it’s a great way to show appreciation for all their hard work and make them feel more engaged. Not sure where to begin? Get some inspiration from these workplace design...

Often, we think the way to stand out from the pack is to be better. A better way to become world-class at what you do is to change the game completely.

Self-sabotage doesn’t make sense. We make plans for our future selves, but when we desperately need to take action to advance our plans, we choose to get in our own way — we procrastinate, become extremely self-critical, or make excuses.

The idea of reducing the working week from an average of five days to four is gaining traction around the world. Businesses and politicians have been considering a switch to fewer, but more productive hours spent working. But the idea has also been derided. As a historian of leisure, it strikes me that there are a number of parallels between debates today and those that took place in the 19th century when the weekend as we now know it was first introduced. Having Saturdays as well as Sundays off work is actually a relatively modern phenomenon.

From footballers’ work rates to the world of Big Data, the cult of “productivity” seems all-pervasive – but doing nothing might be the best thing for your well-being and your brain.

That midafternoon ennui that takes over most days isn't a sign that you are lazy or unmotivated; it just proves that you are normal. According to recent research, most people in creative or professional jobs can only churn out about six (worthy) hours worth of quality work a day; the rest is what it feels like — dithering.

When Yahoo redesigned its webmail service two months ago, it got rid of tabs, a feature the company says often confused users when they had too many open. That feature was later replaced by a "recent" view, which showed the last few messages in a short list. Now Yahoo has brought tabs back with another feature designed to let users with tons of tabs quickly see what they're working on.

If you’re a freelancer, it’s easy to fall into the trap—for me, working all the time made me tired of what I love the most.

Workers with kids are just as productive as those without, according to a new study.

Guy Kawasaki is a workaholic and he has to be because he does so many different things, from writing books, to investing, to speaking and more. In this interview, we find out exactly how he managers (or doesn't manage) his...

New research confirms what Google already knows—greater employee happiness results in higher productivity without sacrificing quality. Economists carried out a number of experiments to test the idea that happy employees work harder. In the laboratory, they found happiness made people about 12 percent more productive.

How the cult of self-optimization was born on the factory floor—with a manager's stopwatch in hand.

When you have a minute to spare here and there, it can be easy to succumb to checking Facebook or playing a quick game on your phone. After all, that's all you have time for...