Posts by Geoffrey James

According to studies, more than half (55%) of employees in the average company are searching for other job opportunities. And not surprisingly, many companies loses around a third of their employee base every year. With numbers like that, employee loyalty can feel like a thing of the past. And beyond the pain of hiring replacements, it costs about 20% of an...

According to the New Yorker magazine, approximately 70% of all offices now have an open floor plan rather than traditional private offices. Has this massive redeployment of office space actually saved money? Why Open Office Plans? Office designers prefer open plans because such offices 1) consume less floor space and therefore less rental cost, 2) create...

Most job descriptions identify being a "team player" as a desirable characteristic in a successful job candidate. However, while most recruiters have a sense of what a good team player might look like, their assessment of a candidate is likely to be based more upon anecdote than fact. In addition, scientific research into team and teamwork has now proven that...