Taking a lunch break away from your desk appears to be an increasingly challenging task. I mean, with all the deadlines piling up, it’s tempting to believe that eating while responding to emails is just as efficient, right? With over 36% of UK workers skipping breaks, it is time for management and leaders to encourage …
Email primarily consists of other people’s priorities and can typically be deferred for some time. There should be nothing in your inbox overnight that has the power to disrupt the rhythm of your following morning. Rather focusing on the priority of tasks means your most difficult of tasks is dealt with a clear mind, and …
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Work and life have become more intertwined than ever before, as employees now work from kitchen tables and living room couches, blurring the lines between their home and work environments. The pandemic triggered a shift towards work-life integration that has resulted in a burgeoning burnout crisis. A staggering 95% of human resources executives acknowledge that …
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Developing time management skills is a discipline that harmonizes a reduction in stress and an increase in productivity. However, we still spend 80% of the workday on tasks of little value. During this article, we take a look at how to develop time management within your organisation so increased time is dedicated to tasks of …
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One of the questions 1Time support get asked most frequently, is the main differences between Internal Hourly Rate, Charge Out Hourly Rate, and Total Hourly Cost? Within this blog we will discuss in further detail the key differences of these features, but more importantly, how these can be used within reporting. The Internal Hourly Rate …
Office environments are designed to cut out distractions but as the number of us forced into working from home increases, how do we as projects managers keep our team focused. Our challenge in today’s environment is to ensure that no matter where our team works they do so as effectively as possible. Doing so requires …
So now we know that multitasking is probably a bad idea and can be detrimental to your productivity, but how do we go about rectifying the habit: Do you find yourself jumping from task to task without finishing any? This blog is going out to the multitaskers, now is the time to stand up and …
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Today’s blog is dedicated to architecture professionals, a wonderfully creative profession often associated with long days and juggling multiple projects at once. It can be easy to lose track of time, jumping from one project to the other and getting caught up in the creative process. However, clients may not be happy to pay for …
Project management according to the Project Management Institute is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements. Their Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) identifies its recurring elements. The processes of Project Management are divided into 5 groups: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and Controlling, and Closing. …
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What is Utilization? Utilization is a metric used by professional service companies to represent the productivity achieved by an employee (typically) or a team for a given period. Productivity is most often based on Billing. The Utilization rate is expressed as a percentage. An employee who achieves 80% utilization is significantly more productive than one …
