Hotel companies use mock rooms to fine-tune their designs and decide whether existing blueprints are practical and efficient.

Christmas Day is less than four weeks away and the busy silly season is kicking in.

Managers and company directors are increasingly being held legally responsible for the actions of others writes Travis Atkinson.

Greg Fleming meets two skilled artisans who -- despite our increasingly teched-up world.

I'm delighted with the comments coaching clients make after they start applying more focus in their daily time management choices, Robyn writes.

A new global survey has revealed weight gain is the biggest worry among those working from home.

With a picture on his Facebook page of a car seat, a stroller and his dog, Mark Zuckerberg announced he'd be taking two months of parental leave.

Vocal expression of opinions in the office can cause problems for bosses as well as workers.

Robyn Pearce talks keys to effective delegation.

Sarsons' research may explain some of the disparities in economics by pointing out another way that women may be discriminated against.

Much like a bad romance, a bad hire can have significant financial and emotional costs.

Organisations eager to save money tend to get creative, and office treats can seem like the kind of expense a company should reconsider.

Robyn Pearce talks about the effects of being too available. "Many go home every night frustrated by the myriad interruptions that block them from attending to their real work."

Kiwis companies, it seems, are liberal on the idea of employees with visible tattoos.

November 10 is Equal Pay Day. There is 14 per cent of the year left to run and, as New Zealand women on average earn 14 per cent an hour less than men, women effectively work from now until the end of the year unpaid.

NZ companies are failing to develop skills in graduates say recruitment specialists.

As I work with people around the world on their productivity issues, everyone shares one common challenge - too much time spent on email.

National Boss' Day began in 1958 when Patricia Bays Haroski, an employee registered the holiday with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

A US-designed work station allows users to work on computers while lying down.

People often like to groan about how their job is "killing" them. For many U.S. workers, that statement appears to be true.

Robyn Pearce talks strategies to manage when things seem overwhelming.

Business school professors have a knack for finding some pretty bizarre links between the personal lives of CEOs and the professional results at the companies they run.

Survey reveals employees leave jobs in the search for better workplace values.

New York is calling New Zealanders who want to develop their career overseas.

Family-owned businesses dominate New Zealand's our commercial landscape. It's surprising, then, that so little is known about them.

Almost all job growth since 1980 has been in work that is social-skill intensive - is that our big advantage over robots?

What's the best way respond to bullying behaviour from a boss? It might not be what you think.

Work stress tends to build until it becomes 'the norm', which over time takes a heavy tollLiving with continual stress can damage people emotionally, physically, cognitively and behaviourally