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America’s Loneliness Epidemic: A Hidden Systemic Risk to Organizations

Michael Lee Stallard

Left unchecked, the deficiency of connection today presents widespread risks not just to individuals but to organizations. One might assume that the higher up the organization you go, the more connected you feel, but that isn’t necessarily the case. The Role of Chronic Stress. Here, odd as it sounds, stress can be a good thing.

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America’s Stress Epidemic

Michael Lee Stallard

Stress is increasing today as the world economy becomes more competitive and the explosion of information overwhelms individuals. Human connection in the form of conversation and relational support provides psychological resources to cope with stress. Both are necessary for an organization to thrive. Connection in the Workplace.

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3 Practices to Protect Your People from Toxic Stress and Burnout

Michael Lee Stallard

Increased stress and complexity, and the demands to achieve higher productivity are taking a toll. In the context of an organization’s culture, “connection” is a bond based on shared identity, empathy and understanding that moves individuals toward group-centered membership. Burnout is on the rise in healthcare. What can be done?

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What Has 2011 Taught You About Business and Leadership?

Tanveer Naseer

As this is the last week of the year, many of us are understandably looking back at the past 12 months and discussing what we consider to be the significant events of 2011. In most cases, such discussions tend to focus on the numerous challenges and upheavals we’ve either watched from afar or witnessed first-hand.

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How to Conquer your To Do List in 3 Easy Steps

Cooperperson

Even though you’ve spent endless hours during “quiet time” (weekends, nights and holidays) getting organized and determining priorities, you can’t figure out what to do with this precious hour. WHAT TO STOP DOING: MULTI-TASKING According to Gallop (2017), the single greatest source of employee dissatisfaction is Job-related stress.

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Leadership and Work Teams

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from Simon Mac Rory: If you work in an organization today as a leader you will lead a team. 90% of what we do in an organization happens through collaborative effort, making the team the most important production unit. In 2016 they termed this the ‘Rise of Teams’ and 2017 ‘The Organization of the Future – Arriving Now’.

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27 July 2011 - Midtown, NYC - Mastering Workplace Performance

Jason Womack

Have you ever seen someone's name in your email Inbox and gotten stress? When she came across something to follow up on, she pressed CTRL+SHIFT+K on her keyboard and typed in something like: "08/2/2011 - Jason Womack - Productivity TouchPoint video program proposal" which she organized in a "task list category" called Waiting On. -

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