Not exact matches
But a micro-manager won't delegate something unless the
person is actually better than they are
at the task — 120 % better — which means that nothing ever really gets delegated off your
desk.
This is where good customer service, the
person who answers the phone or sits
at the front
desk, can make or break a new relationship.
People are salaried for the work they do, not the specific hours they sit
at their
desks.
A core tenet of employee engagement is that there are few things more motivating to most workers than being heard; it's hard to imagine even the most jaded
desk jockey wouldn't feel a little bit chuffed when the
person at the top of the org chart looks her in the eyes and asks her what she thinks.
At least preliminarily, he will sit on the firm's currency
desk, the
person said, asking not to be identified discussing internal plans.
That's because, as he explains in more detail on an October episode of his show, when you're stuck
at your
desk, «you're getting a lot of stimuli that you didn't ask for — like other
people's conversations and phone calls.
«Sometimes it's just a couple of
people who happen to sit next to each other
at one of the
desks and one will say «Hey what do you do?»»
Make affirmations part of your culture by asking
people to post it
at their
desk, add it to their e-mail signature, or start meetings with sharing affirmations to create an environment that supports everyone's growth.
Busy
people tend to grab a snack from the vending machine and eat
at their
desks.
«I'm not a
person who can sit
at my
desk for long periods of time, I'm always on the move.
We had only five
people at the time, but we furnished it to fit 14, and we sublet the extra
desks for $ 500 per month each.»
The 14 -
person company is unprofitable (its single largest source of revenue last year was the subleasing of half a dozen
desks to three small start - ups
at $ 200 a
desk a month), and there are no immediate plans for it to be anything otherwise.
There were committees that scrutinized everything, from whether the windows would open, to where the white boards would go, to the type of furniture involved, including the option of getting standing
desks... I became very interested in how all of this would impact how
people interact with one another
at work.
This means everyone, including the
person at the front
desk, needs to know that the way he or she deals with
people on the telephone, by email or when they visit the office is vital to establishing a courteous and professional image for the company.
If you're like most
people the answer is, you sit
at your
desk and daydream about a big change — that artisanal food business you've always wanted to start, the book you could write, that round - the - world trip haunting your bucket list, or the career - transforming master's degree you really should pursue.
For indoor video footage — say, of your startup with
people sitting
at their
desks or a pan shot of your lobby — consider the Moment drone.
He says he's trying to tap into
people who sit
at a
desk eight hours a day, or those who wouldn't normally go to the gym.
As a result, the interior of the institute looks less like a lab than like an ordinary Flatiron - district office: casually dressed
people sitting all day
at desks, staring
at screens, under high ceilings.
Sitting down
at a
desk may literally be killing
people, according to new research.
Workflow is a word that makes a lot of
people fall asleep
at their
desks (or click away from an article), but it's actually a vital part of many giant businesses.
One survey of U.S. workers indicated that 57 % of
people have judged a colleague by looking
at the state of their
desk: a tidy one suggests a worker who is organized and accomplished.
Most
people spend 40 hours a week or more
at their
desk — help them make it look nice with an organizer.
«
People want to know where things are in relation to them when they're not
at their
desks,» says Michael Nova, founder and CEO of Kiyon, a La Jolla, California, company that has developed wireless network technology designed to overcome the spotty coverage of conventional wireless networks inside buildings.
Perfect the
person who uses their smartphone or tablet
at their
desk or on the go.
Most
people who work in an office will,
at some point, have eaten their lunch while sitting
at their
desk.
Slouching
at the
desk all day can make
people miserable.
But Lowery is among numerous personal trainers who have concerns about the short - and long - term effects on
people who are not used to such high - intensity training — particularly those who sit
at a
desk all day — overexerting themselves
at the gym.
«But we also want to create an environment where
people can be happy, which involves more than just sitting
at your
desk.»
Davis suggests releasing content during morning and afternoon drive times, and notes that lunchtime might be the ideal hour to send an email newsletter since
people often eat
at their
desks and browse their inboxes.
Heard shots and saw
people running while
at my
desk.
«You're giving an entire new class of workforce — that could be five or 10 times of (the number of
people) you have
people sitting
at a
desk — access to information,» says Ballard, who previously worked on augmented - reality product development for the military.
Between January and September 2011, Hughes was the most senior
person on UBS's Exchange Traded Funds
desk at the London branch of UBS.
A study by consultants
at the Manpower Group found that over 35 % of
people eat lunch
at their
desk every day and most employees never take enough breaks to renew their energy.
«Nearly every
person I worked with, I saw cry
at their
desk.»
I always have been a messy
desk person, and
at this point I think I always will be a messy
desk person.
Hedge says there are ways that office managers can handle these problems, including the somewhat counterintuitive advice to get rid of walls dividing cubicles, which may provide a false sense of privacy, thus accidentally encouraging some
people to speak louder
at their
desks than they otherwise would.
Adjustable height
desks are a wise investment for any
person who spends more than a couple hours
at a computer every day.
For some
people, the prospect of spending their lives in a cubicle or behind a
desk is a recipe for disaster — or
at least serious ennui.
Over 90 % of co-working centres are located in the CBD in Singapore, where
at $ 472 per
person,
desk spaces are 57 % cheaper than in New York.
If you don't fire someone
at their
desk, letting them go straight back doesn't give the
person time to collect him or herself.
Alaethea's favorite part about working
at Common
Desk is getting to meet so many different
people day - in and day - out, and she strives to make sure every single
person that walks through the doors feels connected and part of Common
Desk's growing community.
Currently,
at the average day job, a
person may spend eight hours
at her
desk and be paid an income for that one role.
As soon as B.C.'s new Attorney General sits down
at their
desk, they could start putting into practice the new government's commitment to the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous
Peoples.
When you go through an experience like we have building Uber you forget that it's not just the
people across the
desk that are making a huge investment, it's also the partners and spouses, the families and the friends
at home also making sacrifices.
I am pleased that my virtual pastors will still be with me
at this
desk and in my heart and I am sad for the
people in your congregations.
Let the medical professionals make a living doing what they do but cut out the
person sitting
at a
desk playing god and making the ultimate decisions on who will be treated.
The congregation isunderstaffed and has the whole world to cope with; and what happens if
at some time the wrong
person is appointed to the English
desk?
In any of our workplaces, that
person at the next
desk might go to church.
But don't want to be the awkward
person sitting
at your
desk with a jar of creamy peanut butter - y goodness and get weird stares?
«It's all too easy to quickly stuff yourself out of a quart container on a stairwell in the middle of prep — the same way
people eat
at their
desks while still paying attention to their computers,» says Brian Ahern, the chef
at Boeufhaus in Chicago.