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Free Tips and Tools to Support You on World Mental Health Day 2024
The Impact of Mental Health on Workplace Productivity According to research, an estimated 15% of working-age adults have a mental disorder at any point in time; and depression and anxiety are estimated to cost the global economy US $1 trillion each year driven predominantly by lost productivity. WHO publishes guidelines…
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Avoiding Anxiety and Difficult Conversations During the Upcoming Elections
Can you believe it’s already September? ? I hope you had an eventful summer and were able to take time for some relaxation and self-care as well. Given the undeniable impact of the events and changes that have been happening both domestically and globally over the past few years, months and now…
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Can Workplace Trauma Help Build Emotional Resilience?
1.) LEADERSHIP TIPS FOR 2023: Hello again. Welcome to Spring and this month’s edition of 5-Bullets. You know that I’m a big advocate for workplace mental health and I’ve focused a lot over the past few years on anxiety and burnout at work. Lately, with all the news about corporate…
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What Leaders Can Do to Be Better in a New “Flexbred” Future
The future of work isn’t hybrid, the future of work is flexibility… “There is no going back to business as usual. Expectations about work will never be the same again. People want something different.” Those are the declarations of leadership expert, best-selling author and co-founder of the Remote Leadership Institute, Kevin Eikenberry,…
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What I Learned From This “Maverick”
I recently saw the movie Top Gun: Maverick and I loved it as much as I did the original Top Gun in 1986. I was thrilled to see the special role for Val Kilmer, an actor for whom I hold a special place in my heart, and one that has…
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5 Ways To Help Close The Generational Gap Around Mental Health
In case you did not know, May has been named as the month to acknowledge the importance of focusing on mental health, and many organizations are using it as an opportunity to promote mental health in the workplace. As someone well-versed in the current state of corporate anxiety and burnout,…
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How Leaders Can Fight the Anxiety Epidemic and Address Burnout
Today, October 10th, is World Mental Health Day. It kicks off Mental Health Awareness Week, and in particular, a focus on Anxiety and Depression disorders. There has been a lot of attention lately on the topics of mental health and anxiety (including articles like this that I’ve been writing all…
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8 Recommendations to Reduce & Combat Burnout
In her Feb. 10th article in Harvard Business Review “Beyond Burned Out”, author Jennifer Moss concludes, based on the findings of her survey of more than 1,500 respondents in 46 countries, that burnout is a global problem because: ● 86% of respondents said their work-life was getting worse; ● 57%…
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What Makes Women Leaders Different and Why Should Organizations Take Notice?
I recently read an excerpt from a research paper from Catalyst regarding, Women In S&P 500 Companies, noting that while women make-up 44% of the overall S&P 500 labor force, and 36% of first or mid-level leaders and managers in those companies, they represent only 25% of senior level executives,…