Want to boost your performance at work? Pick out a colleague who is really good in an area where you want to improve and move your desk next to him or her. Proximity to high achievers can lift people’s performance in various jobs, via inspiration, peer pressure or new learning, a growing body of research shows. The findings offer a silver lining to anyone annoyed at the current fad of flexible office-seating arrangements; employees can use them to their advantage.
‘You can pretty quickly figure out who’s got the extra juice, or the greatest insight. People are drawn to it.’
—Dan Finnigan, CEO of Jobvite
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