Workplace Insight

APRIL 29, 2024

We now have a policy of not offering ourselves as an outlet for any of the deluge of comment pieces and surveys that are published each year to accompany the various days – and increasingly weeks – dedicated to certain conditions like stress and anxiety. They are a gift both to and from the PR industry.

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Success

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Much of nonprofit work is emotionally draining, whether directly assisting individuals, working with communities or driving public policy to change systems. Everyone has been even more stressed than usual. I have more energy, less stress and my insomnia has disappeared. My sabbatical ran from Memorial Day to Labor Day.

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Allwork

JULY 31, 2023

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. In its Great Attrition survey, McKinsey identified that 51% of employees who left their job in the last six months did so because they lacked a sense of belonging.

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Ian's Messy Desk

MAY 24, 2010

Some of the commonly held myths and the corresponding reality checks are as follows: Family-Friendly policies are soft HR issues, mainly for women. Many companies offer their work-life balance policies to employees at all levels. Participation in family-friendly policies is a career-limiting move. Management will lose control.

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