A lack of leadership development also undermines a key aspect of culture that drives high-performance: trust. 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." leadership Paul J. Guest post by Paul J. Zak, PhD : One-third of business leaders surveyed in 2015 said that retaining colleagues is their number one concern. Everyone knows that people are mobile. MORE

Presenteeism. companies, the Chicago Daily Herald found that “‘presenteeism’–showing up for work but performing at subpar levels because of physical or emotional health reasons–accounted for about 63 percent of wasted worker productivity, and absenteeism explains the rest.” ” Service, clerical and other office occupations showed a particularly high degree of presenteeism. appeared first on | Elements of Leadership Blog. MORE

Managing for Value – Governance, change management, organizational culture, communication, leadership. reducing absenteeism (and presenteeism). leadership skills. Three Levels of Management. Companies and institutions exist at different levels of functionality. It is important for the person(s) responsible for the organization to honestly and accurately assess their state of managerial needs. MORE

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For all of this to work, employees must trust the program and the employer’s motives, which requires visible CEO leadership. Workplace wellness is under scrutiny by skeptics who argue that the return on investment (ROI) in wellness programs does not justify their costs. What’s the truth here? Can wellness programs help employers reduce out-of-control health care costs? The answer, most emphatically, is yes. MORE

Similarly, a UK government report suggests that: For a company with 500 employees, where all employees undergo the intervention, it is estimated that an initial investment of £40,000 will result in a net return of £347,722 in savings, mainly due to reduced presenteeism (lost productivity that occurs due to an employee working while ill) and absenteeism (missing work due to ill health). Health Leadership Digital Articlethomas vogel/Getty Images. MORE

 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.  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. MORE

If you are a job seeker who wants to gain a creative leadership position, you want to pick action verbs that best describe your leadership and management skills. Here’s an action verbs list for creative positions: CREATIVE PLANNING: Example: Developed a company culture initiative which raised employee presenteeism by 25% YoY. CREATIVE LEADERSHIP. It’s easy to get resume action verbs wrong. MORE

The Intel-led effort in Portland, Oregon, chose uncomplicated, lower-back pain as an initial priority because the condition was a significant direct cost to Intel, inflicted significant suffering on its employees and their families, caused a great deal of absenteeism and presenteeism, and the care being provided did not appear to be efficient, standardized, or always grounded in the best evidence-based recommendations. MORE

“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. Presenteeism in offices often is used as a critical measure of effort, and hence value to an organization, in place of output, qualification, or skill. MORE

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. As a result, it can impact our lives in the professional world, costing businesses millions of dollars due to absenteeism, high staff turnover and presenteeism. MORE

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”. Corporate Cultures business leadership business management corporate culture Shainaz Firfiray strategydriven work life balance work-life culture MORE