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Poor Work-Life Balance Top Reason for Resignation

HR Digest

This could include telecommuting, flextime, or compressed workweeks. This means giving employees the autonomy to manage their own time and workload, and trusting them to get their work done. This helps employees avoid working excessive hours and feeling stressed. Provide paid parental leave and other family-friendly benefits.

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Strike a Balance: Tips for a Fulfilling Work and Life Experience

HR Digest

This can lead to stress reduction, better sleep, and improved overall employee wellness. Increased productivity: When employees are stressed and overworked, their productivity can suffer. Managers should model healthy work habits like prioritizing time management and encouraging employees to take time off when needed.

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Interact with Employees and Impact Productivity

Coaching Tip

Gallup also found, in a separate study ( [link] ), that regardless of the number of hours worked, weeks of vacation time or a company''s flextime policy, engaged workers have a higher overall level of well being. The latest findings are consistent with other Right Management workplace polls, noted Morrow. Stress@Work.

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Flextime Is Declining, But “Flex Around the Edges” Is Up

Harvard Business Review

Are such “right to request” laws indicators of a rise in flextime? Or do they reflect a fear that flextime programs are being eliminated? New research from the Families and Work Institute (FWI) and the Society for Human Resource Management finds an “on the one hand, on the other hand” contradiction.

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Be Flexible, Attract Talent

Marshall Goldsmith

I spoke with Lisa Kay Solomon, vice-president of business development for Flexperience, about how organizations can build sustainable talent management strategies through flexible work. So what are some of the best practices around flexible work and flextime? Edited excerpts of our conversation follow: Why is flexibility so important?

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Should Employers Ban Email After Work Hours?

Harvard Business Review

And how should leadersmanage this after-hours work? But heres the conundrum: About half of workers who report checking email frequently outside work are also more likely to report having a lot of stress yesterday, compared with just one-third of those who never do. But is this a net gain or net drain on our well-being?

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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. economy because of workplace stress, and 550 billion workdays are lost each year due to stress on the job. Insight Center.