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Gauging an Employee’s Emotional Well-Being in a Virtual World: Warning Signs and Ways to Help

Great Leadership By Dan

Lack of Participation: It is hard to keep attendees of a virtual meeting interested. Lack of participation may indicate despondence more than disinterest, especially if the lack of involvement is unusual for this team member. An emotionally distracted or depressed person will find it difficult to concentrate and participate.

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Transitioning From Employee Well-being To Healthy Organization

HR Digest

To create a truly healthy organization, organizations must go beyond only focusing on the workplace mental health of employees and prioritize a holistic approach that encompasses every aspect of the workplace, from the physical environment to company culture and leadership.

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How Your Employee Recognition Program Can Destroy Morale

Let's Grow Leaders

One manager I know instructed team leaders to say, “Thank you for coming to work today,” as a way of reducing absenteeism. Be sure the managers participating in your employee recognition program can offer a sincere celebration with no “yeah, buts.” If showing up is the best behavior you can find to recognize, keep looking.

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Are You Taking Care of Busyness and Working Overtime?

The Practical Leader

Participants were left alone in a lab room for 15 minutes with no devices, pens, or reading material. “The Acceleration Trap” is a major problem I’ve cited often from a classic series of Harvard Business Review articles by Heike Bruch, professor of leadership at the University of St.

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This Coalition of 20 Companies Thinks It Can Change U.S. Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Given what we have learned from studying, advising, and participating in ongoing and past efforts by employers to improve health care, using collective power as leverage often is not sufficient to drive meaningful change. Its 20 founding members should encourage others in their local markets to participate in their initiatives.

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How to Design a Corporate Wellness Plan That Actually Works

Harvard Business Review

Leadership commitment and support. Now participation exceeds 50% since this change and has helped workers become more actively engaged in the company’s wellness program. ROI in this context is generally limited to examining the tangible benefits of a program, such as a reduction in medical costs or absenteeism.

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What I’ve Learned from Talking About My Bipolar Disorder at Work

Harvard Business Review

I once even participated in an hourlong documentary in the UK exploring my journey with bipolar disorder in order to raise awareness about mental health. Sadly, very few people are as fortunate as I am. That’s more than an eightfold return on investment.