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February 27,2008

What does your office say about you?

Last week Forbes.com published an article about office style and what you can learn about a person from their office space. There's also a slideshow associated with a few more interesting tidbits. It's a fairly interesting read, and it might cause you to take stock of the message you're sending to your boss and co-workers.

For instance, I never thought about plants in the office, but apparently employees who bring in a plant may be literally "putting down roots" at work. In general, personalizing the office space makes it feel more like home, and since we spend more time at the office than at home, it makes sense to bring a little of yourself to it. In fact, allowing employees to personalize their space can improve employee morale.

The article reinforces the fact that there may be a fine line to walk with the use of Post-It Notes. An over-reliance on them indicates feeling overwhelmed or preferring to live in a state of chaos. Fortunately for me, the author points out that they aren't entirely a bad thing. In fact, having no Post-It Notes at all is more of a sign of disorganization.

As we would expect, there's a happy medium between a chaotic mess and absolutely no sign of life in an office. Most of us probably fall in that happy medium, as I think I do. Some days are certainly better than others of course.

Take a look at the article . . . see if you need to clean up your act, or is your messy desk just messy enough to mean you're dedicated and fully-engaged in your work?
Posted by Cindy

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Comments (1)
March 11,2008
That is a great article. Who knew that a messy office could have that strong an impact on your professional image and even your career. I better clean mine up! I have to say though, I'm also a little suspicious of those people whose offices are always in perfect order...makes me think that they don't have enough work to do!
Rebecca

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