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Most Work Conflicts Aren’t Due to Personality

Harvard Business Review

Most of us are, by nature, “cognitive misers,” a term coined by social psychologists Susan Fiske and Shelley Taylor to describe how people have a tendency to preserve cognitive resources and allocate them only to high-priority matters. So what’s the right approach to resolving conflicts at work?

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Simple Digital Technologies Can Reduce Health Care Costs

Harvard Business Review

More than two-thirds of large businesses now offer disease-management programs , but most of these are bricks-and-mortar services that can be converted to better-studied, cheaper, and more effective digital therapeutics. Training programs, pilots, or short-term trials may be available. Insight Center. Sponsored by Medtronic.

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How to Design a Corporate Wellness Plan That Actually Works

Harvard Business Review

While financial incentive programs are popular, they may not achieve long-term behavior change; instead, they may lead to resentment and even rebellion among workers. Introducing short-term campaigns. In fact, they may even do more harm than good by promoting quick fixes as opposed to long-term progress. Asking for help.