Design a Home Office You'll Actually Work In

It's true: Showing up is half the battle.

It can be wonderful to share an office! Isolation is one thing that is very hard for people who work at home alone. The chance to enjoy some collaboration, to have some help with your work, or just to laugh together once in awhile can make the work-at-home experience much [...]

Different things push each of us off balance at work. Some employees are thrown off by the slightest commotion, like street noise or swinging doors--while others believe their productivity is killed by bigger disruptions, like unscheduled meetings or frequent phone calls. But there is one thing that distracts almost everyone in the office: Noisy co-workers. A new survey by Ask.com, an online question answering service, found that a majority of U.S. employees (61%) agree that loud colleagues are the biggest office distraction.

Peldon Rose is a workplace consultancy and is flying the happiness flag by creating offices which inspire and motivate people. The company works for a diverse range of organisations and charities. Here are Peldon Rose’ top tips on how to gain better efficiency from your workplace.

There are two types of people in this world: those who make lists and those who make piles. You know what I am talking about. A list person’s office is always meticulously organised. And then there are the pile people. You walk into their office and it appears it has been ransacked by covert forces looking for critical documents in some espionage case. But if you ask a pile person where something is, nine out of 10 of them can walk over to a complete mess, shove their hand in it, and pick out what you are looking for.