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Who’s using ABW? Activity Based Working (ABW) is a core element within Hubb Consultants’ suite of design recommendations. ABW is a strategic approach to increasing greater productivity, collaboration and efficiency within the working environment by creating fit-for-purpose spaces and removing or reducing the need for allocated desking. Hubb Consultants has discussed the various benefits of the implementation of an ABW framework, however, it may leave you...
Within the modern-day workplace, many offices incorporate flexible hours and working to attract, retain and accommodate their staff. Being a leader of a flexible team may seem daunting at times due to the lack of uniformity and need to consider each employee respectively. So, how do you successfully lead flexible teams? Leaders and business owners receive multiple requests for flexible working arrangements. To establish which ones are...
Project Budget and Time Blowouts? Do you currently have one, or possibly multiple, projects that are exceeding the allocated time and budget parameters, not to mention impacting the physical and mental capacity of your staff members? Projects can be unruly and ravenous if managed incorrectly, ripping through budgets and timeframes to the detriment of the bottom line and sidestepping any kind of satisfactory outcome. So, how can...
What is Presenteeism? Presenteeism refers to an employee being at their workplace for more hours than they are required to be there, or in other cases, acting on autopilot in a workplace they would rather leave. Although some companies may view working extended overtime as a benefit in the sense of harvesting more completed work, the phenomenon of presenteeism is in most cases actually more negatively...
Have you been thinking about implementing a shorter working week? A four-day working week is an appealing facet to any future employee as it aligns with many individual work-life balances. Essentially a four-day working week is not losing any employment time as hours are still put in, however, the workload is compressed – but does it suit the needs of your business? Who’s doing it? The Netherlands has...
The office environment has never been the same in the recent years. How do you imagine pure agility in the office? We have seen alternative office ideas that really work for the past 10 years or so. Whilst there is no one size fit all office design which would be the silver bullet for every organisation, this year’s Australian Interior Design Awards winner for Workplace Design is...
How do you incorporate your healthy habits at work? One third of the average Australian’s life will be spent at work, so to turn a blind eye to physical best practice for nine hours a day is bound to take its toll. To embrace Exercise Right Week, Hubb is focussing on educating modern businesses to the benefits of supporting teams to be healthy at work and just...
‘Agile working’ is often discussed with an understanding that it means flexible working hours, working from home or hot desking. However, the knowledge of the real meaning behind agile working seems to have been lost as more humans think in terms of being self-focused. The accurate understanding and terminology differ from flexible working hours and other terms which are enveloped by the expression, “new ways...