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Understanding Meal and Break Policy at Work

HR Digest

Stock exchange traders in Hong Kong had the longest lunch break of any of the world’s big bourses, at two hours, until 2010. The integration of an employee break policy in your handbook will allow workers the time to recover from the physiological exhaustion that occurs at every 90 minutes. How long should workplace breaks be?

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What Are “Sustainable Values”?

Michael Lee Stallard

Published by Michael Lee Stallard on May 17, 2010 05:41 am under E Pluribus Partners , connection culture , employee engagement In my last post, I wrote about “sustainable values,&# i.e. the beliefs and behaviors that produce an inspiring identity, human value and knowledge flow in groups that help people thrive individually and collectively.

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How to Lead Like a Pig

Next Level Blog

In a truly innovative move, the new management team rewrote the employee handbook giving the green light to profanity and dirty jokes “because a loose, fun, nonlinear atmosphere is important to the creative process. This should be understood, should not be a surprise and not considered harassment.”

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‘Managers as Mentors’ Celebrates Publication Anniversary

Marshall Goldsmith

” Leadership guru Jim Kouzes called the book, “The essential handbook for all those who are trusted advisors to aspiring leaders.” ” Mike Krzyzewski, head men’s basketball coach at Duke University and the 2010 NCAA champs, calls it “a practical yet powerful book.”

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Hierarchies and Creative Deviance

LDRLB

Mainemelis (2010) asserts that in such organizations, creative deviance is the only factor responsible for new innovations. Handbook of creativity (pp. If top-level managers are stuck in an inefficient mental model, some creative ideas may get struck down before they can properly examined to determine if they are truly innovative.

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079: How to Engage Cynical Employees | with Bob Kelleher, author of Employee Engagement for Dummies

Engaging Leader

Bob Kelleher''s first book, Louder Than Words: 10 Practical Employee Engagement Steps that Drive Results, has been one of the world''s bestselling employee engagement books since its release in 2010. In his latest book, Employee Engagement for Dummies, Bob examines the basics of employee engagement.

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Hierarchies and Creative Deviance

LDRLB

Mainemelis (2010) asserts that in such organizations, creative deviance is the only factor responsible for new innovations. Handbook of creativity (pp. If top-level managers are stuck in an inefficient mental model, some creative ideas may get struck down before they can properly examined to determine if they are truly innovative.