I rarely watch news programs on TV, so it was serendipitous that I had CNN on this morning as I was eating breakfast. CNN ran a great story with Dr. Sanjay Gupta about a manufacturing plant in Lincoln, Nebraska that is taking a wellness approach to reducing employee health care costs. I am […]

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The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently announced its list of the 50 best small and medium companies to work for in America. SHRM defined a small company as having between 50 and 250 employees and a medium company as having between 251 to 999 employees. Here are some statistics about the […]

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When I was working as a manager in corporate America, I was discouraged from being too ‘touch-feely’ in my dealings with employees, customers, and management. I was instructed by my management to be ‘all business’ at work, stick to the facts, and use critical thinking skills to make decisions. I never felt quite right about […]

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Does it pay to be one of the companies featured in Fortune magazine’s annual list of the 100 Best Companies To Work For in America? According to Alex Edmans, finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the answer is a definite “YES.” Professor Edmans found that the stock returns of companies cited as […]

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I just finished reading The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss and I loved it! Order it now by clicking on the picture of the cover. I think the message will resonate with a lot of Americans who have grown weary of the daily grind of hard work (and too little play). I […]

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I just read the results of an interesting survey of 1,215 full- and part-time workers who were asked to rate how they felt about their jobs using this unusual 5-point scale:

I like my job so much I’d marry it
I like my job enough I’d date it seriously
It’s OK, I’d date it casually
I don’t like it, […]

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Remember in the movie Forrest Gump when Forrest is sitting on the park bench, talking with an older lady and eating chocolates from a big box? At one point he tells the woman, “Mama always said life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” I think […]

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Is your To Do List getting longer by the day? Are you so overcommitted that you don’t feel like you’ll ever get time for yourself? Whether you realize it or not, every time you say “yes” to something, you are saying “no” to something else. If you say “yes” to working late, you could […]

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Are you stressed out? If so, you aren’t alone. According to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association, close to half of all American adults are feeling more stress than they did a year ago. What is causing all this stress? The people surveyed cited money, work, family responsibilities, workload and […]

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I am a loyal reader of the monthly newsletter I receive from The Center for Creative Leadership. In the September 2007 issue, CCL’s Joan Gurvis discusses work-life balance. I completely agree with Joan when she says, “balance is not a matter of managing your time or giving equal effort to two opposing sides; […]

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