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When Giving Critical Feedback, Focus on Your Nonverbal Cues

Harvard Business Review

Empathy at work creates psychological safety, which research by Amy Edmondson of Harvard demonstrates is created when managers are inclusive and humble and encourage their staff to speak up or ask for help. You tread a fine line between maintaining cordiality and successfully getting your point across.

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Proof That Positive Work Cultures Are More Productive

Harvard Business Review

Although there’s an assumption that stress and pressure push employees to perform more, better, and faster, what cutthroat organizations fail to recognize is the hidden costs incurred. First, health care expenditures at high-pressure companies are nearly 50 % greater than at other organizations. Insight Center.