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25 Years and Counting
Jan 01, 2009; ... It's a new year and a big one for OfficeSOLUTIONS-om 25th! We've seen a lot of changes in the workplace during the past quarter century and have been fortunate enough to not only track many of those changes, but survive many of those changes as well. I certainly don't want to ...
Survey reveals facility managers using a master plan to go green
Jan 01, 2009; ... Facility managers are increasingly following a master plan when implementing sustainable practices and are tying their efforts to measurable goals and business strategy, according to the results of a new International Facility Management Association survey. The study, Green Practices 2008, shows ...
Worst excuses ever
Jan 01, 2009; ... Sometimes, you just don't feel like going to work. If you don't, better come up with a good excuse. The online job site www.CareerBuilder.com recently released the results of its annual survey on absenteeism in the workplace, and the findings are amusing. The survey found that 33 percent ...
Desk rage rising
Jan 01, 2009; ... Anger in the workplace-employees and employers who are grumpy, insulting, short- tempered, or worse-is more common and likely growing as Americans cope with woes of rising costs, job uncertainty, or over- whelming debt, according to a Reuters news story. "It runs the gamut from just ...
Zebra Pen earns award for excellence
Jan 01, 2009; ... The Office Products Wholesalers Association (OPWA) presented its awards for excellence at the 2008 Office Products Executive Summit held last year in Utah, and Zebra Pen was named Manufacturer of the Year in the writing instruments category. This award follows the launch of several new ...
Midwest trucking company finds innovative way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions
Jan 01, 2009; ... Working with one of the world's largest office furniture manufacturers, a Midwest trucking company has discovered it can reduce carbon dioxide emissions approximately 20 percent by shipping products protected by reusable wrappings and equipment instead of cardboard boxes. If the practice ...
Unibind Portfolio earns Product of Excellence Award
Jan 01, 2009; ... Peleman Industries, manufacturer of the Unibind XU series of binding and other office products, has won the Binding Industries Association Product of Excellence 2008 Award Certificate of Merit for the Unibind Portfolio. The Unibind Portfolio functions as a storage box/filing folder ...
Office Humor
Jan 01, 2009; ... HR helpful hints Take the prospective employees you're trying to place and put them in a room with only a table and two chairs. Leave them alone for two hours without any instruction. At the end of that time, go back and see what they're doing. If they've taken the table apart, ...
stuff we like
Jan 01, 2009; ... Fujitsu's New Network Scanner Is a Winner It certainly looks like Fujitsu Computer Products of America has created something special with the new fi-6010N iScanner. Not only has it been designed for ease of use, it offers enhanced security and encryption features, a new network control ...
figuratively speaking
Jan 01, 2009; ... * Percentage of employees who agree that "my boss looks out for me and my career goals": 65 * Percentage who agree that "my boss deserves his/her level of compensation": 77 * Percentage who say "I believe that my boss is smarter than me": 64 -Adecco * Percentage ...
25 TIPS to help you run your office more efficiently
Jan 01, 2009; ... For two-and-a-half decades, OfficeSOLUTIONS has focused on ways to make offices more efficient, covering everything from using emerging technologies better to wiser management of the workers who are vital to your business' success. In that spirit, and in recognition of our 25th anniversary, here ...
making the MOVE
Jan 01, 2009; ... USE USPS MOVE UPDATE TO REACH CUSTOMERS AND INCREASE BUSINESS. Americans are always on the move. Drive through any subdivision on a Sunday afternoon and note how many signs for open houses are vying for the best roadside position. Indeed, nearly 1 5 percent of us move each year. That's ...
EIGHT THINGS EVERY copier owner NEEDS TO KNOW
Jan 01, 2009; ... Getting ready to buy or lease a copier? Here are the questions to ask before signing on the dotted line. If you're like the average copier buyer, then you probably have no clue as to what questions to ask your copier dealer before buying or leasing a new machine. In fact, you're ...
Employee Incentives that Work
Jan 01, 2009; ... If you think it's all about the money think again. Incentive programs can be great motivators, but getting widespread buy-in and participation means more than just tying a carrot to a stick. You need to know what makes your employees tick and develop programs they value. Otherwise, ...
Problems at Work
Jan 01, 2009; ... Sometimes, it seems that our business life can be best described as learning how to get from one problem to the next as gracefully as possible. For most of us still standing on planet Earth, every day produces a variety of challenges. It's not how you look at it or what your attitude is; it's ...
Who's Reading Your E-Mail?
Jan 01, 2009; ... One old saw about newfangled e-mail is that it's as private as a postcard. The problem is many people feel it's as secure as a Registered Mail letter. Two recent events shed interesting, and useful, light on the issues surrounding e-mail security. A new study by Forrester Research, ...
TURNING ANGER INTO POSITIVE THOUGHT
Jan 01, 2009; ... Don't get mad, think. It might be a rude comment directed toward you, or a sudden discourtesy or dishonesty, or one of many other slights you experience in the course of your life. The reaction is predictable: a flash of anger. Whether you vocalize it or not, you feel irritated or even ...
Increasing the Value of Mail Services
Jan 01, 2009; ... Mail services managers and supervisors all across America are bracing for an exciting new year. If 2008 was any harbinger of things to come, 2009 should be replete with old problems, new challenges, and fewer resources to satisfy the service level agreements. Normally, that would be a recipe for ...
To Stay Productive, Create a Rewards System
Jan 01, 2009; ... Much of human behavioral psychology can be explained by this simple phrase: Behavior that is rewarded is repeated. This is true even when you reward yourself for your own behavior. To accomplish more right here, right now, identify in advance a "reward" that you'll bestow upon yourself for ...
Let's Hear it for Monotasking
Jan 01, 2009; ... Do you work in an office where people routinely eat lunch at their desks while making phone calls while reading e-mail? Multitasking is epidemic, turning us into a nation of distracted chubs who don't even remember what we ate that got us this way. It's time to stop and smell the ...