Do you feel like a desk potato? That’s our fancy term for sitting at your desk all day. For many office workers, exercise during the day consists of walking to the coffee pot, the restroom or the conference room for a morning meeting. Aside from that, we spend most of the day hunkered over our [...]

We spend a lot of time at work. We spend a lot of time talking about work, thinking about work and sometimes even figuring how to get out of work. That’s probably why the workplace plays such a prominent role in television and movies. Each week, we can grab some one-liners from “The Office,” “Parks [...]

When you hit that inevitable 3 p.m. sleepy feeling, you probably drag yourself to the coffee pot and press on. At some companies employees have another choice: a power nap. Although still a rarity at most businesses, a growing number of companies are recognizing the benefits of allowing employees to grab a 15-minute snooze. This [...]

You’ve probably heard that saying “Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.” It seems procrastination is an inherited human trait, something we all do. Think about your to-do list. Each day you probably look at one (or more) of those items and say, “I’ll get to that one tomorrow morning.” And then [...]

Fortune magazine editor-at-large Patricia Sellers wrote an interesting blog post recently about the up and coming work force – the Millennials – and their work habits. She noted that a 20-something worker spends, on average, just 16 months at a job before moving on. That’s a stark contrast to baby boomers, many of whom retire [...]