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Volunteering Can Combat Loneliness and Boost Your Mental Health—Just Consider These 5 Things Before You Start

Success

How volunteering can help mental health Research shows that volunteering helps mental health by reducing stress and increasing positive thoughts. When the organization’s executive director left, Agan had to lead a 13-person search committee for the new executive director. Last year, when the U.S. She eventually resigned.

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How to Plan Events Your Team Will Love (Without the Stress)

Eat Your Career

I wanted to take an opportunity to share some ideas to take the stress out of event planning, so you can create events that everyone in your office can enjoy… including you! Set clear goals. It may seem obvious, but you want to make sure that the space where you choose to host your event supports your event goals.

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Getting the Most Out of Your Next Performance Evaluation

Office Dynamics

Scheduling a performance evaluation meeting and setting measurable goals can be stressful or even seem unproductive to some. The meeting is typically a way to evaluate the past year’s project management, acknowledge achievements, receive valuable feedback for performance improvement and create new goals for continued productivity.

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Take the “Jingle” out of Holiday Stress

The Office Professionals Place

Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Take the “Jingle&# out of Holiday Stress Are you planning the holiday party in your office? Or are you stressed just thinking about the holidays? Form a committee, then within the committee form subcommittees for activities throughout the event. Don’t go it alone.

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Stress Epidemic--30 Ways to Chill Out!

Office Dynamics

Almost every magazine I pick up has an article on reducing stress, and the “YOU” docs (Oz and Roizen) list stress as the #4 health risk factor on their list of the top 4. I’ve spent the better part of my adult life learning techniques to manage my own stress. First a word in defense of stress: not all stress is bad!

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Stress Epidemic--30 Ways to Chill Out!

Office Dynamics

Almost every magazine I pick up has an article on reducing stress, and the “YOU” docs (Oz and Roizen) list stress as the #4 health risk factor on their list of the top 4. I’ve spent the better part of my adult life learning techniques to manage my own stress. First a word in defense of stress: not all stress is bad!

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Administrative/Clerical: Aiming for the End of the Year

Office Dynamics

Whether you work as an executive assistant or a file clerk, do these things now to reduce your stress level during the fourth quarter. If you are the head of an event-planning committee, make sure everyone knows what is expected of them as you head into this busy time of year. Follow the SMART model for creating goals.

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