New employees are an inevitable and vital part of any organization.  There are articles upon articles on how to make their first few days rock, but sometimes the long-game of onboarding is overlooked.  Thoughtful gifts and notes are great ways to make a stellar first impression on your newbies, but you’ve also got to hunker down and invest time and energy into one of the most important factors that make people stay for the long-haul (and p.s. money can’t buy it).  Friends. 

It’s June 29.  The office is slowly beginning to feel more and more like a ghost town.  The halls are eerily quiet and you could have sworn you just saw a tumbleweed drift by.  Family vacations and professional conferences are stealing your best people for weeks at a time.  In the dead of summer, it can be easy to lose your gusto at work especially during the dreaded 2:00-3:00 slump.  But have no fear, the Baudville productivity team is here! Check out our top tips for avoiding this dead hour at the office!

Just about every office and organization is filled with employees of varying skillsets, levels of passion and work ethics.  You’ve got the “call-in-sickers,” the “come-in-laters,” the “take-long-lunchers,” and then you have the all-around fan-freakin’-tastic employees.  They come into the office every day with their “A-Game” ready to give 110%, all the while exuding positive vibes and mojo.  But somewhere along their journey with your organization, something happens.   Whether they’re burned out or they simply started looking for a new opportunity, they’ve given their two weeks’ notice. 

Behind (or in front of) every worker is a workspace.  Be it piled high with printed spreadsheets, budgets and empty coffee cups, that little cubicle, office or desk is where the daily grind happens.  There’s no arguing that there are times between the hours of 8 and 5 that many people wish they weren’t confined by those aluminum gray walls.  Improve your mojo by instilling a little bit of your personality to your little corner of the corporate world. Check out some of our top tips to make your cubicle a safe haven for productivity.

Whether this is your first time to the Baudville Blog or you’ve been faithfully following along since our humble beginnings, you should know that we’re in the business of appreciation (and helping others do the same).  Recognition around the office doesn’t have to be a premeditated extravagant event.  Sometimes a simple note or high five can give a team member a much needed boost of energy.  Managers obviously play a huge role in the motivation of their direct reports, but not exclusively!  Peer-to-Peer recognition can jumpstart team morale, and promote positive mojo.