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

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According to Paul Osincup , corporate trainer, humor strategist and author of the forthcoming book, The Humor Habit , we are all suffering from a condition he refers to as “chronic seriousness.” economy up to $187 billion every year between lost productivity and health care and medical costs.

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Employee Perk or Productivity Secret? Corporate Wellness Programs Deliver on Both

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The answer tends to lie in a totally anonymous survey, both at the start of programming and periodically throughout. Consider sending out surveys Then, they send out surveys periodically for employee feedback. Whether employers opt for vouchers or not, surveys and open, genuine feedback remain a must-have. “We

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10 Healthy Habits: Why Not Now?

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author of the book Up: How Positive Outlook Can Transform Our Health and Aging , to find out the simplest, biggest-bang-for-your-buck ways to improve health, celebrate more birthdays and feel great year after year. Use a combination of smoking cessation medication (such as the patch) and coaching, such as 1-800-QUIT-NOW.

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How My Experience as a Black Entrepreneur Shaped My Views on Building Financial Freedom

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After visiting a specialist, taking medication and undergoing hours of electrostimulation, I learned it was all stress-related. So today, though I can proudly afford specialized medical or wellness services, therapy or to take an unpaid leave of absence, the majority of people in my community can’t.

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Develop a Leader’s Mind

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It’s very clear in my head that if I’m healthy and sharp, it’s in her best interest, because I can guide my daughter and granddaughter through the medical system that she’s likely going to depend on for the rest of her life. If you’re not motivated to keep yourself healthy, how will you stay motivated when the going gets tough for your team?

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“Flexible working has been introduced very inflexibly”: IN conversation with Jeremy Myerson

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The other is a conversation I had with Jeremy Myerson about his recent book Unworking. In the book, he cites a 1987 essay from Tom Wolfe called The Great Relearning , which predicts that the 21st Century will be characterised by paroxysms of reinvention of things already known. And this latest book is not full of glossy photographs.

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We all have relationship regrets — and here’s how we can learn from them

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For his new book The Power of Regret , writer Daniel H. In the World Regret Survey, my collection of more than 18,000 individual regrets from people in 109 countries, many participants reported the sense of loss that accompanies a closed door. Pink analyzed what keeps 16,000 people in 105 countries awake at night. Full stop.”.