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A New Way to Beat the Market: Invest in Workplace Wellness
In 1979, Jim Burke the chief executive of Johnson & Johnson started a state-of-the-art workplace wellness program in order to improve employee wellbeing and cut healthcare costs. The program’s goal was to make Johnson &
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Employees Changed Their Drinking Habits After the Recession
If research on drinking in the wake of the Great Recession is any indication, financial insecurity has a strong influence on drinking habits.
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At Work: Is Telecommuting The Way to Go?
The Wall Street Journal: If you want to convince the boss you should start working from home, chances are there is a study out there that says it makes employees more productive. If you’re a
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Working From Home: Awesome or Awful?
The Atlantic: For over a year, I worked almost exclusively from my tiny apartment in Harlem. Aside from trips into an office every six weeks or so, my work schedule and surroundings were mostly left
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When Decisions Satisfy, and When They Upset
Should I sign that contract? Should I fire that lazy employee? Should I eat lunch at my desk or go out? Business professionals face a daily dose of decisions like these — some that we
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Telecommuting Isn’t Always a Win-Win Situation
HealthDay: Many people dream of giving up their daily commute and padding to work in their pajamas and slippers. But telecommuting has to be carefully thought out and implemented to be successful, new research says.