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Building a Healthy Workplace Culture: A Key to Decreasing Employee Absenteeism

Strategy Driven

If left unchecked, employee absenteeism can lead to reduced productivity, increased burnout, and employee turnover. This article details what employee absenteeism is, its causes and strategies to decrease employee absenteeism in the workplace. What Is Employee Absenteeism?

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March Madness or a time to bond and engage at the workplace?

HR Digest

HR managers are generally not happy with the increased absenteeism during this period. HR managers are generally not happy with the increased absenteeism during this period. The tournament is a perfect opportunity for colleagues to bond in the workplace. Arrange a friendly contest and turn it into a team bonding exercise.

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Child Care Benefits and Employee Retention

Lead Change Blog

Child care benefits are more of an investment than an expense since it lowers turnover rates, raises morale, and avoids employee absenteeism due to childcare. The company must offer some kind of last-minute assistance to avoid employee absenteeism due to child care. Flexibility. On-site Child Care Centre.

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Here’s Why You Should Hire a Humorous Speaker for Your Next Event

Chart Your Course

It relieves stress, fosters emotional bonding, and encourages creativity. Without humor and fun, employees will lose morale, productivity will fall and a workplace can quickly become toxic. Reduce absenteeism. Strengthen morale and employee engagement. How many boring meetings have you attended? Improve communication.

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The Stand-Up Strategists

Leading Blog

It is well understood by psychologists and social scientists that people who laugh together generally have stronger feelings of empathy and bonding. In situations in which collaboration is an important driver of organizational success, lacking a sense of community can be a formidable barrier to delivering results.

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Connecting with Abrasive Leaders

Great Leadership By Dan

Bond, Ed.D., Meanwhile, their behavior has consequences: - Low employee morale, retaliation, passive aggression, attrition. Higher levels of stress and stress related illnesses and absenteeism. Guest post from Cheryl A. They are perceived as bullies, jerks, prima donnas, and worse. Mistakes, loss of creativity and innovation.

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How to Cultivate Gratitude, Compassion, and Pride on Your Team

Harvard Business Review

These three emotions not only increase patience and perseverance, but also build social bonds. And it was moral emotions like gratitude, compassion, and an authentic pride that motivated these actions. For most of human evolutionary history, the ability to succeed rested almost entirely on the ability to form relationships.

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