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How to work hard and smart in business management

Strategy Driven

The last two years have significantly changed many perceptions and attitudes around presenteeism and productivity with the pandemic. However, one of the key learnings for 2022 is when it comes to business management and your career, it’s not so much about how much time you put into it, but how you use that specified time.

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Three Strategies to Encourage Good Mental Health in the Workplace

Leading Blog

There are also stressful personal events in our lives that add to the swinging emotional pendulum, like the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship or the loss of a job. Before getting to my tips on how management can get started with this mission, it’s important to review the various definitions of mental health.

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

Ask Atma

Three Levels of Management. As a starting place we can look at three general levels or grades of management. As a starting place we can look at three general levels or grades of management. Beginner’s Management [Newbie or Management 1.0]. Fundamentals of being a manager : They ask “what needs to be done?”.

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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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Fight the Nine Symptoms of Corporate Decline

Harvard Business Review

You might not see absenteeism, but there is "presenteeism," which means the body is there but the mind is absent. Stress common purpose. They want to minimize risk rather than to look for big improvements. Defensive pessimism" sets in; that is, lowering expectations to cope with anxiety in risky situations. Initiative decreases.

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

Harvard Business Review

I returned to work the following day, and my office manager dressed me down in front of the entire office because I had been seen out while off sick. I worked with my manager as well as our HR team to ensure they were in the loop and could provide me with support through the process. I work for a very different company now.