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Leading with Trust

Great Leadership By Dan

My team spent a decade running experiments that measured brain activity while people worked to find out why some teams are productive and others engage in "presenteeism." The co-head of investment banking at Goldman Sachs said, “The goal is for our analysts to want to be here for a career. This is a marathon, not a sprint.”

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Just How Bad Is Business Travel for Your Health? Here’s the Data.

Harvard Business Review

Physical, behavioral and mental health issues such as obesity, hypertension, smoking, depression, anxiety, poor sleep, and alcohol dependence can create costs for employers through higher medical claims, reduced employee productivity and performance, absenteeism, presenteeism, and short-term disability.

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New Research: Flexibility Versus Face Time

Harvard Business Review

s decision, Bank of America had drastically cut back on their popular My Work program that used flexible scheduling and telecommuting centers to help employees find a work environment and schedule that made them most efficient. Prior to Yahoo!''s