Planning a return to the office during COVID-19? Some ways that you can maintain proper distancing between workstations and limit the number of people in the office at the same time include implementing staggered work shifts and using shared desks. Hot desking and hoteling are both flexible work arrangements that support unassigned seating in the workplace and enable you to share fewer desks among a group of people. The concept of hot desking has been around for years, but it has gotten more popular recently with COVID-19.   The Downsides of Hot Desking Hot desking is popular with employers but not so much with employees. Hot desking can make people feel unsettled because workers don’t know where they will be sitting until they arrive

Thanks to videoconferencing tools like Microsoft Teams, Zoom, and Google Hangouts, face-to-face meetings are a lot less common than they used to be. While virtual meetings are convenient, especially during a pandemic when many employees are working from home, face-to-face meetings have not become obsolete. Having in-person meetings is particularly important during the early, formative stages of a working relationship when you’re getting to know each other.  There’s lots of talk about how meetings are a waste of time, but little is said about how much time is wasted on digital miscommunication. Messages and emails tend to get buried and forgotten, and it’s easy to get distracted and multitask during a videoconference. Well-structured, in-person meetings can often save teams a lot of time because they demand

Conference rooms have long been and will continue to be an important part of the modern workplace. When people need a place to meet privately or discuss important topics as a group, conference rooms provide a place where they can close the door behind them and get down to business.  As with most things in the office, there are unwritten rules around how to behave when booking and using conference rooms and other shared workspaces. While it goes without saying that you should clean up after yourself after you’re done using a conference room by picking up coffee cups and papers before you leave, there are a host of other faux pas you should avoid committing to mind your conference room manners and stay in the good

Meetings are an inescapable part of work life, whether you’re working at home or in an office. Scheduling a meeting can be a hassle and require a lot of back and forth with colleagues and vendors if you don’t use a dedicated meeting room booking system. The right meeting scheduling software can help you easily find and book a meeting room, invite attendees, and order catering and equipment. Below are the most important features to look for a in a meeting room booking system.  1. On-Premises and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Options  For many organizations, using a SaaS meeting room scheduling system is the best choice because there are minimal upfront costs, support and maintenance are included as part of the monthly subscription, and the

If you’re in the market for meeting scheduling software, you’re probably evaluating and comparing a number of different systems that seem nearly identical. Most meeting room booking systems are designed to streamline the process of booking meetings, finding meeting rooms, and inviting attendees, so they offer similar features and functions and it can be tough to differentiate them. Below is a checklist of important features to look for when selecting meeting scheduling software.   Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Solution  Traditional, on-premises software is costly to maintain and challenging to upgrade. A growing number of organizations are switching to cloud-based SaaS solutions because they are affordable, scalable, and easy to maintain and use. Ongoing maintenance and upgrades are included in the monthly cost and you only have