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Candid Conversations: Addressing Mental Health in the Workplace

HR Digest

According to an article by CNBC , Forrester Consulting found that 49 percent of employees were fearful of discussing their mental health at work for fear of losing their jobs. Some signs might be glaringly obvious, such as multiple anger outbursts at work or excessive absenteeism despite going over the allotted number of leaves.

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Psychology Is the Key to Detecting Internal Cyberthreats

Harvard Business Review

In behavioral science research , certain negative emotions, stressors, and conflicts have long been associated with incidents of workplace aggression, employee turnover, absenteeism, accidents, fraud, sabotage, and espionage. As Forrester’s July 2016 Hunting Insider Threats report states, “Insiders are people, not computers.