How much does air quality affect your thinking?

Hot Air Balloon

Recently, we read an interview with professor Joe Allen about air quality, especially in regards to air quality within the office. It’s often that architects try to seal up all holes inside of a building when they are making it, which makes sense given you wouldn’t want the outside elements coming in on your new building. However, research shows that air quality and air flow can impact workers’ abilities to function.

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How to get Great Employees (And Keep Them)

Employee Retention

Employee retention is a hot topic amongst many companies, especially when it comes to businesses that experience high turnover rates. Keeping good employees is important – and knowing how to keep them can be equally as important.

Employee retention can’t be whittled down to just one thing. However, one of the biggest driving factor for a higher employee retention rate is employee happiness. While you can’t bend over backwards to make everyone happy on all fronts, there are sacrifices that you must be willing to consider and make as a business owner to keep your good employees – especially when you need them.

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