Let’s face it. Not everyone wakes up on Monday morning, energised and ready for an amazing week ahead at work. We wish it weren’t true, so we’ve come up with our top 10 ideas for starting the week with a BANG! What would you add to get your week off to a great start?
- Get organised on Sunday.
Taking a few minutes to get organised at your own pace on Sunday can help Monday feel that bit more manageable. Decide what you’re going to wear, or check that your uniform is washed and dried, get lunch ready and pack anything else you need for the day. … keep reading
It’s Queensland Small Business Week, one of our favourite weeks of the year! To recognise the week, we’re sharing our top five reasons we love small businesses. As the backbone of the Australian economy, we love seeing small businesses thrive in the community! … keep reading
Did you know that helping your staff to be more physically active can also increase their productivity? According to new research, released as part of Heart Week (from 29 April – 6 May), Associate Professor Nicholas Gilson, from the University of Queensland, completed a pilot study, which suggests a link between activity-promoting desks and factors that influence productivity.
According to the study, more than half of participants performed better in the attention task after using a sit/stand desk, as did a third of the sit/walk (treadmill) desk users. There’s no ‘one size fits all’ approach that works for every role in every business, so we’ve put together some of our own ideas to keep active at work. … keep reading
There are some ads getting around the traps that are grinding our gears because they’re insinuating that Labour Hire is an appalling employment arrangement… but this is simply not the case.
There are many scenarios where Labour Hire is the perfect set up for both employers and employees, supporting both work-life balance and marketplace supply and demand. We’re finding that not everyone is looking for full-time or part-time work these days and more and more people are seeking more flexible working options which labour hire can provide, yet there is still a stigma associated with casual work. Some people automatically think it’s terrible before really looking at their lifestyles and what they’re able to achieve because of it.
Being providers of labour hire we know how great this option can be for businesses and workers alike, be we also do hear of some push-back when the term ‘labour hire’ is mentioned. We wish to share some of our insights in this space in the hope that the stigma is removed from this type of work relationship so more opportunities can be realised for those looking for work or workers. … keep reading
It’s not every day you get to have an international sporting event hosted in your backyard (or at least, down the highway a couple of hours)! It’s been a golden opportunity for Queensland to capitalise on the influx of visitors enjoying the games. It got us to thinking, what lessons can businesses learn from the Games competitors, spectators and organisers?
If your business operates in Queensland, you should be aware that there are certain restrictions under state legislation, for trading hours on Good Friday, which this year is Friday 30 March 2018.
It’s February, which means it’s love month here at Workplace Central. Valentine’s Day isn’t just for couples to look lovingly into each other’s eyes over a candlelight dinner anymore. It’s also a great time to remind your team why they’re important to you and your business. We’re six weeks in from the New Year, which means most people have forgotten their resolutions and are back into the daily grind. To get your team going again, here’s our top tips to celebrate the people in your business this Valentine’s Day:
This is not your usual, look-at-this-great-design, list. We wanted to instead bring you ideas that don’t come with an exorbitant shop-fitting bill!
Do you set New Year’s resolutions? Most of us have in mind at least one New Year’s resolution, even if we don’t admit it to everyone. We know most of us will also fail to achieve success in any of these goals. By February, that commitment we made to ourselves, while surrounded by friends and fireworks, has largely disappeared.
The summer holidays are the perfect time for you to catch up on the books you thought you’d read through the year and never did. There are so many business and leadership books out there, we thought we’d do you a favour and share with you 5 books we think are worth more than just a flick through this summer.
