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Are You Accidentally Sabotaging Your Workforce?

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Rather, it’s exacerbating stress, eroding trust, and hampering performance. The study suggests that surveillance can undermine employees’ sense of moral agency. We can either stumble into a future of fear-driven surveillance or stride confidently into a new era of trust, autonomy, and human-centric work practices.

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How to Mindfully Take Time Off Work—And Ultimately Increase Your Productivity

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Taking a break has also been shown to have a positive impact on stress levels and depression. Lakesha Cole, founder of she PR, a public relations agency, does something similar: She meets with her assistant, and together, they strategically map out the best route for communication while she’s gone. “We

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What Is Zero-Based Budgeting?

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You begin to embrace your personal agency, and that confidence ripples out through every area of your life. Agency : When you use zero-based budgeting, you’re steering the ship. For some people, that level of rigidity can be stressful. When you assume full responsibility for your finances, a funny thing starts to happen.

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Why Human Connections Are A Business Advantage In A Remote World

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A report in Science Daily shows that the stress caused by social exclusion or negative social experiences can activate brain circuits associated with physical pain. Social Exclusion at Work Hurts, Literally Social pain is not just a metaphorical concept. We now know that social pain hurts both psychologically and physically.

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How a Keystone Habit Can Drastically Change Your Life for the Better

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She knew she was in line for a promotion to become an agent at the talent agency she’d been with for three years. If we understand motivations, behaviors and routines, we can completely overturn our daily experience—which in turn changes our mindset, thought patterns and self-confidence. It was thrilling.

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SUCCESS’ 2024 Women of Influence

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Ten years ago, Ford founded and operationalized a boutique integrated marketing agency, BRND Marketing Group LLC, the lead agency of record for Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD), a nonprofit that is building a comprehensive cultural and arts district in historic Lincoln Park, Newark, New Jersey. With the U.S.

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Steel Magnolias, Barbie, and Other Wise Women – In Celebration of a Complicated Women’s History Month By Bonnie Low-Kramen

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After all, no one knows better about how to move forward with confidence, strength, grace, and self-respect. Kim Scott on agency Author of Radical Candor and Radical Respect What do you do when you experience bias, prejudice, or bullying? This way of thinking stifles our abilities, promotes more stress, and causes animosity.