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Three Strategies to Encourage Good Mental Health in the Workplace

Leading Blog

According to a recent study, employees suffering from depression cost employers more than $44 billion per year in lost productivity, with over 81 percent of that decreased productivity coming in the form of presenteeism, or the practice of going to work despite illness or anxiety and commonly resulting in reduced productivity.

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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." This commits colleagues to SAS and allows SAS to commit to them. Our work also uncovered the eight building blocks of trust. By all accounts, it is working.

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Building a positive work-life culture

Strategy Driven

Cultures that emphasize long working hours as a symbol of commitment frequently hinder employees from making use of work-life policies. When managers have subordinates who face work-life conflicts, the best approach is to direct their efforts toward evaluating actual performance rather than presenteeism or “face-time”.

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Possibility Maximizer: Maxim Health Systems' Flu and Wellness Podcast

Sales Wolf Blog

Successories Motivational Products Talent Managment Magazine Testing and Assessments - An Employers Guide to Good Practices Testing and Assessments - DOL The Rainmaker Group - Possibility Maximization An amazing group of people commited to making a difference in the world they live - one soul, one organization, one Customer Experience at a time.

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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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Employee benefits for Caregivers in workplaces

HR Digest

Added to this is the fear of being considered not professional at work and not committed to the job. In addition to the impact of absenteeism and presentism on an employer, the stress and anxiety that accompany caregiving and a caregiver’s balancing act can take a toll personally and professionally on employees. billion per year. ?