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The Silent Crisis Of Workplace Loneliness: A Three-Part Series Exploring How Loneliness Is Shaping The Future Of Work

Allwork

Workplace loneliness predates the pandemic but is on the ascent and its significant negative impact on work culture has become increasingly apparent. Despite abundant scientific evidence highlighting the detrimental impact of loneliness on health, research on loneliness in the workplace remains scant. In the U.K.,

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Humor in the Workplace: How to Be Funny at Work Without Crossing the Line

Success

Yet, humor in the workplace is not all that common these days. Benefits of humor in the workplace Humor not only lightens the mood, but it can bring numerous benefits—to those who both initiate and receive comical exchanges. Research has shown that workplace stress costs the U.S.

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Most people now at risk of poor mental health as a result of social exclusion

Workplace Insight

More than half of people in the UK have experienced social exclusion in the past year, leading to poor mental health and wellbeing, according to a new report from BUPA in partnership with ParalympicsGB. Notably, people living with a disability (72 percent) are more likely to experience exclusion.

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Knowledge workers have a particularly unhealthy relationship with work

Workplace Insight

Three quarters of UK knowledge workers say they have an unhealthy relationship with work and two thirds of those say that work has had a negative effect on their health and wellbeing. Physical: Mental and emotional health can make it harder to maintain physical well-being. When they’re not happy at all, that number rises to 91 percent.

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What Is Happiness and Why Is It Important?

Success

Anyone who has been in therapy at any point during the past century has likely heard that request, now a go-to punch line for an entire industry of mental health. But focusing on why people are miserable—and reliving that misery one 45-minute session at a time—in order to get happy became, well, depressing for many in the mental health field.

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Field Guide to Appreciation

Energage

Want to improve motivation, job satisfaction, self-esteem, and employee retention? The Workplace Survey Statement. ” How to Build Appreciation in the Workplace. Start with an Investment in Appreciation. Invest in creating a culture of appreciation. Sure, it helps make people feel good about the work they do.

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Going back to the office? 6 tips to help you adjust

Ideas.Ted

Despite the challenges of making our living space into our working space, we’ve gotten used to the comforts of working from home, and surveys show that employees are feeling anxious about returning to the office. As vaccination rates rise and COVID cases drop, more of us are being asked to go back to in-person workplaces.

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