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Ways to Boost Warehouse Worker Morale

May 28, 2016June 12, 2022 What Your Boss Thinks

There is a strong relationship between the happiness and morale levels of people and their productivity, according to studies. In general, the greater morale people possess and happier they are, the more focused and productive they will be. Employers have cottoned onto this fact and are now attempting to ensure their employees are as happy as possible (within reason). For many manufacturing and wholesale companies it is their warehouse workers who are the foundation of the company. There are many simple ways to improve their morale and therefore productivity in…

The Advantages of Website Globalization

May 27, 2014May 2, 2019 What Your Boss Thinks

Since time began and industry crossed borders, the world has slowly become a smaller place with regards to the globalization of business. Over the last 30 years or so, the phenomena of using technology to handle areas such as outsourcing and the siting of manufacturing plants in areas of the world thousands of miles away has grown to the point where business truly is a 24 hour a day operation. Following fast in the footsteps of the physical side of the globalization of business comes the virtual element. The internet…

3 Ways Automation Can Save You Time

March 26, 2014April 28, 2021 What Your Boss Thinks

In business time equals money, so accelerate your processes and you’ll find your business on the up. Here’s three ways that you can start saving time in your business today. Digital Marketing Marketing automation has many benefits, especially when it comes to things that require a lot of manual action. Automation tools are particularly useful when it comes to online marketing, specifically email and social media. Social media dashboards like HootSuite can make this ten times faster. Automating your posts on Twitter and Facebook means that you don’t have to…

What Skills Make a Good Call Center Worker?

September 16, 2013December 31, 2014 What Your Boss Thinks

All businesses need to communicate effectively with their customers. An increasing amount of this communication now takes place online, either live or via email and messaging services. Many customers prefer to hear a human voice however, whether they are making a complaint, seeking information or looking to make a purchase. This is where call centers come in. Almost all major companies maintain call centers and they provide an essential link between the business and their customer-base. If the idea of a call center job appeals to you, you will usually…

Business Security Challenges in a Changing Environment

August 22, 2013December 31, 2014 What Your Boss Thinks

Over recent times there have been many damaging data breaches. The result is that protecting sensitive information is now viewed as having a very high priority across many organizations. The potential costs that can be incurred, including legal penalties, damaged reputations, and lost customers are so high that to lay the entire responsibility of data security on the IT department is to bury the corporate head in the sand. It is imperative that the problems are addressed across the entire organization. One of the difficulties is that businesses exist within…

7 Benefits of Riding to Work on a Motorbike

May 13, 2013June 10, 2014 What Your Boss Thinks

Sure, it’s more involved and you can’t do your makeup in it, but riding a motorbike to work has many benefits over driving a car. The first one is obvious: Save The Planet Motorbikes typically get 30 to over a 100 miles per gallon, while cars struggle to get to 40 and only the smart fortwo gets 70 (if you’re in Canada or Europe, that is; thanks to absurdist regulation, the mileage on a U.S. fortwo is just 36 mpg). In addition, it just takes less stuff to make a…

Bonds versus Shares — The Boss’s Side

May 2, 2013June 10, 2014 What Your Boss Thinks

When you’re the boss of a company, you have to run it so that it’s profitable. Sometimes you need extra capital, and there are different ways of raising it. In terms of seeking investors, there are two main instruments you can do it with: shares and (corporate) bonds. Which one do you go with? Shares — your flexible friend The benefit of shares is that if you’re running a highly profitable company, there’s greater chance of people investing it. Better still, they’ll be willing to invest more. This generates more…

How Employees Waste Their Time at Work

September 20, 2012November 17, 2021 What Your Boss Thinks

As a manager, it never ceases to amaze me how employees will find ways to waste their time at work. Over the last ten years, I’ve probably seen, heard, or caught employees doing just about everything in the workplace. Here are some of the more common and not-so-common ways that I’ve seen employees waste their time at work, along with a few fun stories. Internet Browsing For most people, including myself, a little Internet browsing here and there is no problem. I’m not going to say I never check…