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In Defense of Corporate Wellness Programs

Harvard Business Review

Instead, they question the motives of a company for even offering a wellness program, which they slam as an “employee control tool” and “a marketing tool for health plans.” They attributed those losses both to absenteeism and to “presenteeism,” when employees come to work too unwell to do their jobs.

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Fight the Nine Symptoms of Corporate Decline

Harvard Business Review

People become self-absorbed and lose sight of the wider context — customers, constituencies, markets, or the world. You might not see absenteeism, but there is "presenteeism," which means the body is there but the mind is absent. Withdrawing from contact further isolates them, encouraging others to back away too.

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

Harvard Business Review

The selection of what to work on and the accompanying measures must be market relevant, standardized, and measured rapidly. Its 20 founding members should encourage others in their local markets to participate in their initiatives. Additionally, they must be meaningful to the employer, beneficiaries, and the care providers.

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Where are you on the management scale of newbie to expert hacker?

Ask Atma

And the Fundaments of managing by objectives : Cascading of organizational goals and objectives, (For example, a top level goal of increasing sales by 20% over a defined period may require a bottom level goal of increasing marketing effectiveness or marketing coverage in order to reach the sales set.). the number of jobs increases.