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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.

Strategy 231
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Possibility Maximizer: Maxim Health Systems' Flu and Wellness Podcast

Sales Wolf Blog

SHRM - Society for Human Resource Managment Indispensible for the HR Professional!  I can think of few, if any, employee wellness issues that have such a direct and measurable impact on an organization's performance as the absenteeism (and presenteeism) resulting from influenza. License. . 

System 167
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Building a positive work-life culture

Strategy Driven

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”. Shainaz Firfiray is an assistant professor in the Organisation and Human Resource Management Group at Warwick Business School. About the Author.

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Saudi Arabia’s Labor Market Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Human resource recruitment and management in the private sector is another variable. “Leadership” in the real sense of the word is left to chance — happening to have the right people in place at the right time, ideally with the social links to ensure sensible proposals for decision making.

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Employee benefits for Caregivers in workplaces

HR Digest

Seeing how this role is going to be a big part of work-life, employers need to reconsider their human resource policies to work in this burgeoning need. That is why a caregiver benefit is essential in an organization as all employees can find value in it.

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

Harvard Business Review

And we know that on the ground, organizations have different leadership models, levels of technical expertise, and culture — all of which impact their readiness to engage in change.

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

Harvard Business Review

Sadly, very few people are as fortunate as I am. That’s more than an eightfold return on investment.