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Divided We Stand: Treating Corporate America’s Loneliness Epidemic

Michael Lee Stallard

Reversing this epidemic will require managers and executives to create a corporate culture that proactively addresses the issue of loneliness. In order to understand how to combat loneliness at work, we can learn a lot from neuroscientist and loneliness expert, John Cacioppo. By Colton Perry. Redefine Loneliness.

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Feel Lonely and Left Out at Work?

Michael Lee Stallard

Managers are also stretched and have less time to connect with the people they are responsible for leading. Recently, I spoke with Dr. Cacioppo about the new center for connection I’m co-founding at TCU and my hope to bring him to campus to share his pioneering research and insights.

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Boost Connectedness to Reverse Rise of Suicides in America

Michael Lee Stallard

We know the shock and sadness we would feel if we learned that an airplane went down and none of the 175 passengers survived. Theodore George, author of Untangling the Mind: Why We Behave the Way We Do , shared a few insights with me about the perspective of someone who may contemplate suicide. Suicides in the U.S. armed services.

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